diff --git a/include/tests_kernel b/include/tests_kernel
index a5725083..369d3727 100644
--- a/include/tests_kernel
+++ b/include/tests_kernel
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
         fi
 
         # Check if /boot exists
-        if [ ${PRIVILEGED} -eq 1 -a -d "${ROOTDIR}boot" ]; then
+        if [ -d "${ROOTDIR}boot" ]; then
             LogText "Result: /boot exists, performing more tests from here"
             FIND=$(${LSBINARY} ${ROOTDIR}boot/* 2> /dev/null)
             if [ -n "${FIND}" ]; then
@@ -653,18 +653,17 @@
                     else
                         ReportException "${TEST_NO}:1" "Can't determine kernel version on disk, need debug data"
                     fi
-                elif [ -f ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux -o -f ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -o -f $(ls -t ${ROOTDIR}boot/vm[l-]* 2> /dev/null | head -1) ]; then
-                    if [ -L ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux ]; then
-                        LogText "Result: found symlink ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux"
-                        FOUND_VMLINUZ=$(readlink ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux)
-                        LogText "Result: symlinked target is ${FOUND_VMLINUZ}"
-                        VERSION_ON_DISK=$(echo ${FOUND_VMLINUZ} | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^vmlinuz-//')
+                elif [ -f ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux ] || [ -f ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts ] || [ -f "$(${LSBINARY} -t ${ROOTDIR}boot/vm[l0-9]* 2> /dev/null | ${HEADBINARY} -1)" ]; then
+                    if [ -f ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux ]; then
+                        LogText "Result: found ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux"
+                        FOUND_VMLINUZ=${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux
                     elif [ -f ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts ]; then
-                        LogText "Result: found boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts"
+                        LogText "Result: found ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts"
                         FOUND_VMLINUZ=${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
                     else
                         # Match on /boot/vm5.3.7 or /boot/vmlinuz-5.3.7-1-default
-                        FOUND_VMLINUZ=$(ls -t ${ROOTDIR}boot/vm[l-]* 2> /dev/null | head -1)
+                        FOUND_VMLINUZ=$(${LSBINARY} -t ${ROOTDIR}boot/vm[l0-9]* 2> /dev/null | ${HEADBINARY} -1)
+                        LogText "Result: found ${FOUND_VMLINUZ}"
                     fi
 
                     if [ -L "${FOUND_VMLINUZ}" ]; then
@@ -676,7 +675,6 @@
                     fi
 
                     if [ -z "${VERSION_ON_DISK}" ]; then
-                        LogText "Result: found ${FOUND_VMLINUZ}"
                         LogText "Test: checking kernel version on disk"
                         NEXTLINE=0
                         VERSION_ON_DISK=""
@@ -689,6 +687,11 @@
                                 if [ "${I}" = "version" ]; then NEXTLINE=1; fi
                             fi
                         done
+                    fi
+
+                    if [ -z "${VERSION_ON_DISK}" ]; then
+                        LogText "Result: could not find the version on disk"
+                        ReportException "${TEST_NO}:4" "Could not find the kernel version"
                     else
                         LogText "Result: found version ${VERSION_ON_DISK}"
                         ACTIVE_KERNEL=$(uname -r)
@@ -701,10 +704,6 @@
                             LogText "Result: reboot needed, as there is a difference between active kernel and the one on disk"
                         fi
                     fi
-                    if [ -z "${VERSION_ON_DISK}" ]; then
-                        LogText "Result: could not find the version on disk"
-                        ReportException "${TEST_NO}:4" "Could not find the kernel version"
-                    fi
                 else
                     if [ -L ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz ]; then
                         LogText "Result: found symlink of ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz, skipping file"