diff --git a/mkinitramfs.sh b/mkinitramfs.sh
index 1daaedf..b5908d6 100644
--- a/mkinitramfs.sh
+++ b/mkinitramfs.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ mountpoint -q tmp || mount -t tmpfs tmpfs tmp
 echo 'Copying kernel image to /boot/ ...' >&2
 cp -a "${destdir}"/lib/modules/"${kver}"/vmlinuz \
     "${destdir}"/boot/
-echo 'Running depmod ...' >&2
-chroot "${destdir}" depmod -a "${kver}"
 echo 'Building initramfs image ...' 2>&1
 chroot "${destdir}" dracut \
     --no-hostonly \
diff --git a/mkrootfs.sh b/mkrootfs.sh
index f2d6745..8aa034a 100644
--- a/mkrootfs.sh
+++ b/mkrootfs.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ dnf --installroot "${destdir}" install -y \
     --setopt tsflags=noscripts \
     kernel \
     --
+kver=$(rpm --root "${destdir}" -q --qf '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}' kernel)
+if [ ! -f "${destdir}"/lib/modules/"${kver}"/modules.dep ]; then
+    chroot "${destdir}" depmod -a "${kver}"
+fi
 
 cp -p \
     "${srcdir}"/cmdline.txt \