diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/actors/initramdiskgenerator/files/generate-initram.sh b/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/actors/initramdiskgenerator/files/generate-initram.sh
index 3e904f62859f5761ad488ab0779c306e7eea465f..9b717a8dbc7a36439017cd9855b3d76f32b7122f 100755
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/actors/initramdiskgenerator/files/generate-initram.sh
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/actors/initramdiskgenerator/files/generate-initram.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stage() {
 }
 
 get_kernel_version() {
-    rpm -qa | grep kernel-modules | cut -d- -f3- | sort | tail -n 1
+    rpm -qa kernel --qf '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' | sort --version-sort | tail --lines=1
 }
 
 dracut_install_modules()