diff --git a/include/tests_kernel b/include/tests_kernel
index c3caf24b..9357e298 100644
--- a/include/tests_kernel
+++ b/include/tests_kernel
@@ -612,8 +612,9 @@
         else
             LogText "Result: file ${FILE} not found"
         fi
+
         # Check if /boot exists
-        if [ -d ${ROOTDIR}boot ]; then
+        if [ ${PRIVILEGED} -eq 1 -a -d "${ROOTDIR}boot" ]; then
             LogText "Result: /boot exists, performing more tests from here"
             FIND=$(${LSBINARY} ${ROOTDIR}boot/* 2> /dev/null)
             if [ -n "${FIND}" ]; then
@@ -647,7 +648,7 @@
                     else
                         FOUND_VMLINUZ=$(ls -t ${ROOTDIR}boot/vmlinuz-* 2> /dev/null | head -1)
                     fi
-                    LogText "Result: /found ${FOUND_VMLINUZ} (usually Arch Linux or similar)"
+                    LogText "Result: found ${FOUND_VMLINUZ}"
                     LogText "Test: checking kernel version on disk"
                     NEXTLINE=0
                     VERSION_ON_DISK=""
@@ -737,7 +738,7 @@
                 LogText "Result: Skipping this test, as there are no files in /boot"
             fi
         else
-            LogText "Result: /boot does not exist"
+            LogText "Result: /boot does not exist or not privileged to read files"
         fi
 
         # Display discovered status