diff --git a/include/tests_kernel b/include/tests_kernel
index 72e5082b..d445bb65 100644
--- a/include/tests_kernel
+++ b/include/tests_kernel
@@ -674,7 +674,10 @@
                         LogText "Result: found a symlink, retrieving destination"
                         FOUND_VMLINUZ=$(readlink "${FOUND_VMLINUZ}")
                         LogText "Result: destination file is ${FOUND_VMLINUZ}"
-                        VERSION_ON_DISK=$(echo ${FOUND_VMLINUZ} | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^vmlinuz-//')
+                        VERSION_ON_DISK=$(echo ${FOUND_VMLINUZ} | ${SEDBINARY} 's#^/boot/##' | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^vmlinuz-//')
+                        LogText "Result: version derived from file name is '${VERSION_ON_DISK}'"
+                    elif [ -f "${FOUND_VMLINUZ}" ]; then
+                        VERSION_ON_DISK=$(echo ${FOUND_VMLINUZ} | ${SEDBINARY} 's#^/boot/##' | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^vmlinuz-//')
                         LogText "Result: version derived from file name is '${VERSION_ON_DISK}'"
                     fi