diff --git a/src/extract.c b/src/extract.c
index 29b8e9b4..84e4ecdd 100644
--- a/src/extract.c
+++ b/src/extract.c
@@ -601,9 +601,10 @@ extract_archive (void)
   /* Extract the archive entry according to its type.  */
 
   typeflag = current_header->header.typeflag;
-  /*KLUDGE*/
-  if (current_stat_info.archive_file_size != current_stat_info.stat.st_size)
-    typeflag = GNUTYPE_SPARSE;
+  /*KLUDGE */
+  if (current_format == POSIX_FORMAT
+      && current_stat_info.archive_file_size != current_stat_info.stat.st_size)
+	  typeflag = GNUTYPE_SPARSE;
   
   switch (typeflag)
     {