diff --git a/selfdrive/hardware/tici/agnos.py b/selfdrive/hardware/tici/agnos.py
index d3b2ca96ec..526878aa4c 100755
--- a/selfdrive/hardware/tici/agnos.py
+++ b/selfdrive/hardware/tici/agnos.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ def unsparsify(f: StreamingDecompressor) -> Generator[bytes, None, None]:
     else:
       raise Exception("Unhandled sparse chunk type")
 
+# noop wrapper with same API as unsparsify() for non sparse images
+def noop(f: StreamingDecompressor) -> Generator[bytes, None, None]:
+  while not f.eof:
+    yield f.read(1024 * 1024)
+
 
 def get_target_slot_number() -> int:
   current_slot = subprocess.check_output(["abctl", "--boot_slot"], encoding='utf-8').strip()
@@ -141,22 +146,20 @@ def flash_partition(target_slot_number: int, partition: dict, cloudlog):
 
   path = get_partition_path(target_slot_number, partition)
   with open(path, 'wb+') as out:
-    partition_size = partition['size']
-
     # Flash partition
-    if partition['sparse']:
-      raw_hash = hashlib.sha256()
-      for chunk in unsparsify(downloader):
-        raw_hash.update(chunk)
-        out.write(chunk)
-        p = int(out.tell() / partition_size * 100)
+    last_p = 0
+    raw_hash = hashlib.sha256()
+    f = unsparsify if partition['sparse'] else noop
+    for chunk in f(downloader):
+      raw_hash.update(chunk)
+      out.write(chunk)
+      p = int(out.tell() / partition['size'] * 100)
+      if p != last_p:
+        last_p = p
         print(f"Installing {partition['name']}: {p}")
 
-      if raw_hash.hexdigest().lower() != partition['hash_raw'].lower():
-        raise Exception(f"Unsparse hash mismatch '{raw_hash.hexdigest().lower()}'")
-    else:
-      while not downloader.eof:
-        out.write(downloader.read(1024 * 1024))
+    if raw_hash.hexdigest().lower() != partition['hash_raw'].lower():
+      raise Exception(f"Raw hash mismatch '{raw_hash.hexdigest().lower()}'")
 
     if downloader.sha256.hexdigest().lower() != partition['hash'].lower():
       raise Exception("Uncompressed hash mismatch")