diff --git a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm
index 842aae9c9..7e59f3769 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm
+++ b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ run_hook ()
 {
     input="$(cat /proc/cmdline)"
     mdconfig="/etc/mdadm.conf"
+    # for partitionable raid, we need to load md_mod first!
+    modprobe md_mod 2>/dev/null
     # if no config file is present create one from command line parameters
     if ! [ -e $mdconfig ]; then
         #Create initial mdadm.conf
diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
index e89d7c049..abb1b4b2c 100755
--- a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ storage is duplication." 0 0
     SPARE_DEVICES="$(cat /tmp/.raid-spare | wc -l)"
     # generate options for mdadm
     RAIDOPTIONS="--force --run --level=$LEVEL"
-    [ "$(echo $RAIDDEVICE | grep /md_d[0-9])" ] && RAIDOPTIONS="$RAIDOPTIONS -a mdp" && modprobe md_mod 2>/dev/null
+    [ "$(echo $RAIDDEVICE | grep /md_d[0-9])" ] && RAIDOPTIONS="$RAIDOPTIONS -a mdp"
     ! [ "$RAID_DEVICES" = "0" ] && RAIDOPTIONS="$RAIDOPTIONS --raid-devices=$RAID_DEVICES"
     ! [ "$SPARE_DEVICES" = "0" ] && RAIDOPTIONS="$RAIDOPTIONS --spare-devices=$SPARE_DEVICES"
     ! [ "$PARITY" = "" ] && RAIDOPTIONS="$RAIDOPTIONS --layout=$PARITY"