diff --git a/scripts/make_image.sh b/scripts/make_image.sh
index fd6df741082db500a636ecc316f4801a595086ba..abfa3826c95ecb1703ef2dc8843e78e4f599c97c 100755
--- a/scripts/make_image.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_image.sh
@@ -34,13 +34,20 @@ function make_image()
     if [ "$devfs" == "tmpfs" ]; then
         mount -t devtmpfs nodev /dev
     fi
-    cat /proc/devices
+    mount
+    ls -l /dev/loop*
     if [ ! -e /dev/loop500 ]; then
         lodev_major=$(grep loop /proc/devices | cut -c3)
         mknod /dev/loop500 b $lodev_major 500
         LOOP=/dev/loop500
     else
-        LOOP=$(losetup -f)
+        loop_used=1
+        fdisk -l /dev/loop500 || loop_used=0
+        if [ $loop_used == 0 ]; then
+            LOOP=/dev/loop500
+        else
+            LOOP=$(losetup -f)
+        fi
     fi
     
     [[ -z $LOOP ]] && echo "Unable to find free loop device" && exit