diff --git a/scripts/mkinitramfs b/scripts/mkinitramfs
index 597c43a..4cfb13f 100755
--- a/scripts/mkinitramfs
+++ b/scripts/mkinitramfs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ die() {
 
 [[ $# -eq 2 ]] || die 22 "Invalid number of arguments"
 [[ -d "${1}" ]] || die 20 "${1} is not a directory"
-[[ -e "${2}" ]] && die 17 "${2} exists"
+[[ -e "${2}" ]] && [[ ! -f "$(readlink -f "${2}")" ]] && die 17 "${2} exists and is not a file"
 
 [[ -f "${1}/pv" ]] || die 2 "${1}/pv does not exist. Read README!"
 [[ -f "${1}/busybox" ]] || die 2 "${1}/busybox does not exist. Read README!"