diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
index 2ac6c8b7..8f338896 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 discnum=$(basename $1)
 if [ "$discnum" != 1 ]; then exit 0; fi
 if [ -e $2/boot/kernel ]; then exit 0; fi
+profile=$(basename $2)
 
 if [[ $profile =~ ^sle.* ]]; then
     if ls $1/Product-* >& /dev/null; then
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ ln -s $1/boot/x86_64/loader/linux $2/boot/kernel && \
 ln -s $1/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd $2/boot/initramfs/distribution && \
 mkdir -p $2/boot/efi/boot && \
 ln -s $1/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi $1/EFI/BOOT/grub.efi $2/boot/efi/boot/
-profile=$(basename $2)
 if [[ $profile =~ ^sle.* ]]; then
 	sed -i 's/%%IFSLE%%//;s/%%ENDIFSLE%%//' $2/autoyast
 else