diff --git a/nixos/common/default.nix b/nixos/common/default.nix
index a4a121e..b9c7540 100644
--- a/nixos/common/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/common/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
   # - systems that require networking in early-boot
   # - systems with raids as this currently require manual configuration (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/210210)
   # - for containers we currently rely on the `stage-2` init script that sets up our /etc
-  boot.initrd.systemd.enable = lib.mkDefault (!config.boot.initrd.network.enable && !config.boot.initrd.services.swraid.enable && !config.boot.isContainer);
+  boot.initrd.systemd.enable = lib.mkDefault (
+    !config.boot.initrd.network.enable &&
+    !config.boot.initrd.services.swraid.enable &&
+    !config.boot.isContainer &&
+    !config.boot.growPartition
+  );
 
   # Work around for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/124215
   documentation.info.enable = false;