diff --git a/src/boot/efi/stub.c b/src/boot/efi/stub.c
index 8947f3aabfd..4745556b020 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/stub.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/stub.c
@@ -945,11 +945,6 @@ static EFI_STATUS run(EFI_HANDLE image) {
                 (void) efivar_set_uint_string(MAKE_GUID_PTR(LOADER), u"StubPcrInitRDConfExts", TPM2_PCR_KERNEL_CONFIG, 0);
 
         generate_embedded_initrds(loaded_image, sections, initrds);
-
-        struct iovec kernel = IOVEC_MAKE(
-                        (const uint8_t*) loaded_image->ImageBase + sections[UNIFIED_SECTION_LINUX].memory_offset,
-                        sections[UNIFIED_SECTION_LINUX].size);
-
         lookup_embedded_initrds(loaded_image, sections, initrds);
 
         _cleanup_pages_ Pages initrd_pages = {};
@@ -968,6 +963,10 @@ static EFI_STATUS run(EFI_HANDLE image) {
         } else
                 final_initrd = initrds[INITRD_BASE];
 
+        struct iovec kernel = IOVEC_MAKE(
+                        (const uint8_t*) loaded_image->ImageBase + sections[UNIFIED_SECTION_LINUX].memory_offset,
+                        sections[UNIFIED_SECTION_LINUX].size);
+
         err = linux_exec(image, cmdline,
                          kernel.iov_base, kernel.iov_len,
                          final_initrd.iov_base, final_initrd.iov_len);