diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
index 329586d74d..8dd2749b5e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ swap_ratio=5
 
 # Get a list of hard drives
 hdnamelist=""
-live_dev_name=${1%%/*}
+live_dev_name=`cat /proc/mounts | grep ${1%/} | awk '{print $1}'`
+live_dev_name=${live_dev_name#\/dev/}
 live_dev_name=${live_dev_name%%[0-9]*}
 
 echo "Searching for hard drives ..."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh
index fb537ee310..cb261630d0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ swap_ratio=5
 
 # Get a list of hard drives
 hdnamelist=""
-live_dev_name=${1%%/*}
+live_dev_name=`cat /proc/mounts | grep ${1%/} | awk '{print $1}'`
+live_dev_name=${live_dev_name#\/dev/}
 live_dev_name=${live_dev_name%%[0-9]*}
 
 echo "Searching for hard drives ..."