diff --git a/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in b/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in
index fb51bc99c..022200f4a 100755
--- a/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in
+++ b/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in
@@ -557,13 +557,22 @@ sub detect_chroot {
   return ($st1->dev != $st2->dev) || ($st1->ino != $st2->ino);
 }
 
+sub is_package_installed {
+    my ($package) = @_;
+    for (`dpkg-query 2>/dev/null --showformat '\${status}\\n' -W '$package'`) {
+        return 1 if / installed\n$/;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 # On mips and mipsel warn users if they need to configure their boot loader
 # to load initramfs. mips64 and mips64el are ignored as they always had an
 # initramfs. For that look if the current kernel is booted using initramfs.
 # We ignore the chroot case, and we also ignore the GRUB case, as
-# update-grub will automatically add the initramfs to /boot/grub.cfg.
-if (($arch eq "mips" || $arch eq "mipsel") && ! -e "/boot/grub.cfg" 
-    && &detect_chroot() == 0) {
+# update-grub will automatically add the initramfs to grub.cfg.
+if (($arch eq "mips" || $arch eq "mipsel")
+    && !is_package_installed("grub-yeeloong")
+    && detect_chroot() == 0) {
   if (-r "/proc/cmdline" && -f "/proc/cmdline") {
     if (open(CMDLINE, "/proc/cmdline")) {
       if (<CMDLINE> !~ m/rd_start=/) {