diff --git a/debian/extra/kernel-install.d/85-initrd.install b/debian/extra/kernel-install.d/85-initrd.install
index 4f8b10148d09eca369636f9d1542647e20b34364..68803595cb66c9a9b23a858c316ba67a9fb4e91f 100755
--- a/debian/extra/kernel-install.d/85-initrd.install
+++ b/debian/extra/kernel-install.d/85-initrd.install
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [ "$COMMAND" != add ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ "$#" -ge 5 ]; then
+if [ "$#" -gt 5 ]; then
     # An explicit initrd path was passed, 90-loaderentry.install knows how to handle this;
     # copying here would just duplicate the file, since the basename is very likely different
     exit 0