diff --git a/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install b/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install
index 2fb0f5207b3..47a0cd224ae 100644
--- a/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install
+++ b/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ if ! [[ $PRETTY_NAME ]]; then
     PRETTY_NAME="Linux $KERNEL_VERSION"
 fi
 
-declare -a BOOT_OPTIONS
-
 if [[ -f /etc/kernel/cmdline ]]; then
     read -r -d '' -a BOOT_OPTIONS < /etc/kernel/cmdline
-fi
+elif [[ -f /usr/lib/kernel/cmdline ]]; then
+    read -r -d '' -a BOOT_OPTIONS < /usr/lib/kernel/cmdline
+else
+    declare -a BOOT_OPTIONS
 
-if ! [[ ${BOOT_OPTIONS[*]} ]]; then
     read -r -d '' -a line < /proc/cmdline
     for i in "${line[@]}"; do
         [[ "${i#initrd=*}" != "$i" ]] && continue
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ if ! [[ ${BOOT_OPTIONS[*]} ]]; then
     done
 fi
 
-if ! [[ ${BOOT_OPTIONS[*]} ]]; then
-    echo "Could not determine the kernel command line parameters." >&2
-    echo "Please specify the kernel command line in /etc/kernel/cmdline!" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [[ -f /etc/kernel/tries ]]; then
     read -r TRIES </etc/kernel/tries
     if ! [[ "$TRIES" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] ; then