diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/base/init b/usr/share/archboot/base/init
index 9a2d97439..2438f0bdf 100755
--- a/usr/share/archboot/base/init
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/base/init
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ else
 		msg "\nRoot device '${root}' doesn't exist, attempting to create it"
 
 		eval $(/bin/parseblock "${root}")
-        elif [ -z "${BLOCKDEVICE}" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${BLOCKDEVICE}" ]; then
 		echo "ERROR: Failed to parse block device ids for '${root}'"
         else
 		echo "/bin/mknod /dev/root b ${BLOCKDEVICE}"