diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/init-script/init-script-builder.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/init-script/init-script-builder.sh
index 502b3b63af2f..08d4ab14c9ca 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/init-script/init-script-builder.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/init-script/init-script-builder.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,13 @@ for generation in $(
     | sort -n -r); do
     link=/nix/var/nix/profiles/system-$generation-link
     date=$(stat --printf="%y\n" $link | sed 's/\..*//')
-    kernelVersion=$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f $link/kernel))/lib/modules && echo *)
-    addEntry "NixOS - Configuration $generation ($date - $kernelVersion)" $link "$generation ($date)"
+    if [ -d $link/kernel ]; then
+      kernelVersion=$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f $link/kernel))/lib/modules && echo *)
+      suffix="($date - $kernelVersion)"
+    else
+      suffix="($date)"
+    fi
+    addEntry "NixOS - Configuration $generation $suffix" $link "$generation ($date)"
 done
 
 mv $tmpOther $targetOther