diff --git a/elements/fedora-minimal/install.d/99-ramdisk b/elements/fedora-minimal/install.d/99-ramdisk
index b6eff7c9d..e8d8ba700 100755
--- a/elements/fedora-minimal/install.d/99-ramdisk
+++ b/elements/fedora-minimal/install.d/99-ramdisk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 initrd=$(find /boot -name initrd)
 kernel_version=$(rpm -qa | grep kernel | sort | head -n 1 | cut -d '-' -f 2,3)
 
-if [ "$(echo $initrd | wc -l)" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ -n "$initrd" -a $(echo "$initrd" | wc -l) -eq 1 ]; then
     cp $initrd /boot/initrd-$kernel_version.img
 else
     echo "Zero or multiple initrds found. This should not happen."