diff --git a/fs/cromfs/README.txt b/fs/cromfs/README.txt
index 2beb37f6e6..35b4bb81bd 100644
--- a/fs/cromfs/README.txt
+++ b/fs/cromfs/README.txt
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ configuration:
 
    Or the apps/examples/elf example if you like:
 
+   CONFIG_ELF=y
+   # CONFIG_BINFMT_DISABLE is not set
    CONFIG_EXAMPLES_ELF=y
    CONFIG_EXAMPLES_ELF_CROMFS=y
 
diff --git a/fs/cromfs/cromfs.h b/fs/cromfs/cromfs.h
index f94f64b21c..3266882900 100644
--- a/fs/cromfs/cromfs.h
+++ b/fs/cromfs/cromfs.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct cromfs_volume_s
 struct cromfs_node_s
 {
   uint16_t cn_mode;      /* File type, attributes, and access mode bits */
+  uint16_t cn_pad;        /* Not used */
   uint32_t cn_name;      /* Offset from the beginning of the volume header to the
                           * node name string.  NUL-terminated. */
   uint32_t cn_size;      /* Size of the uncompressed data (in bytes) */
diff --git a/fs/cromfs/fs_cromfs.c b/fs/cromfs/fs_cromfs.c
index 3a186af8c9..09002b022f 100644
--- a/fs/cromfs/fs_cromfs.c
+++ b/fs/cromfs/fs_cromfs.c
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
 struct cromfs_file_s
 {
   FAR const struct cromfs_node_s *ff_node;  /* The open file node */
-  uint32_t ff_offset;                       /* Cached offset (zero means none) */
-  uint32_t ff_ulen;                         /* Length of uncompressed data in cache */
-  FAR uint8_t *ff_buffer;                   /* Decompression buffer */
+  uint32_t ff_offset;                       /* Cached block offset (zero means none) */
+  uint16_t ff_ulen;                         /* Length of decompressed data in cache */
+  FAR uint8_t *ff_buffer;                   /* Cached, decompressed data */
 };
 
 /* This is the form of the callback from cromfs_foreach_node(): */
diff --git a/tools/gencromfs.c b/tools/gencromfs.c
index c6801fdfe2..6c5f916f49 100644
--- a/tools/gencromfs.c
+++ b/tools/gencromfs.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ struct cromfs_volume_s
 struct cromfs_node_s
 {
   uint16_t cn_mode;       /* File type, attributes, and access mode bits */
+  uint16_t cn_pad;        /* Not used */
   uint32_t cn_name;       /* Offset from the beginning of the volume header to the
                            * node name string.  NUL-terminated. */
   uint32_t cn_size;       /* Size of the uncompressed data (in bytes) */
@@ -920,6 +921,7 @@ static void gen_dirlink(const char *name, uint32_t tgtoffs, bool dirempty)
           (unsigned long)g_offset, name);
 
   node.cn_mode    = TGT_UINT16(DIRLINK_MODEFLAGS);
+  node.cn_pad     = 0;
 
   g_offset       += sizeof(struct cromfs_node_s);
   node.cn_name    = TGT_UINT32(g_offset);
@@ -954,17 +956,17 @@ static void gen_directory(const char *path, const char *name, mode_t mode,
   subtree_stream  = open_tmpfile();
   g_tmpstream     = subtree_stream;
 
-  /* Update offsets for the subdirectory */
-
-  g_parent_offset = g_diroffset;  /* New offset for '..' */
-  g_diroffset     = g_offset;     /* New offset for '.' */
-
   /* Update the offset to account for the file node which we have not yet
    * written (we can't, we don't have enough information yet)
    */
 
   g_offset       += sizeof(struct cromfs_node_s) + namlen;
 
+  /* Update offsets for the subdirectory */
+
+  g_parent_offset = g_diroffset;  /* New offset for '..' */
+  g_diroffset     = g_offset;     /* New offset for '.' */
+
   /* We are going to traverse the new directory twice; the first time just
    * see if the directory is empty.  The second time is the real thing.
    */
@@ -1002,6 +1004,7 @@ static void gen_directory(const char *path, const char *name, mode_t mode,
           (unsigned long)save_offset, path);
 
   node.cn_mode    = TGT_UINT16(NUTTX_IFDIR | get_mode(mode));
+  node.cn_pad     = 0;
 
   save_offset    += sizeof(struct cromfs_node_s);
   node.cn_name    = TGT_UINT32(save_offset);
@@ -1118,6 +1121,7 @@ static void gen_file(const char *path, const char *name, mode_t mode,
           (unsigned long)blktotal);
 
   node.cn_mode       = TGT_UINT16(NUTTX_IFREG | get_mode(mode));
+  node.cn_pad        = 0;
 
   nodeoffs          += sizeof(struct cromfs_node_s);
   node.cn_name       = TGT_UINT32(nodeoffs);