diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index aaf6fa5cc..100dc2616 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ sub mkinitrd_dracut {
         close($optspec);
     }
     foreach (@ndrivers) { s/\.ko$//; }
-    system("chroot '$rootimg_dir' dracut -d '".join(' ',@ndrivers)."' -m 'xcat base' /tmp/initrd.$$.gz");
+    system("chroot '$rootimg_dir' dracut -d '".join(' ',@ndrivers)."' -m 'xcat base' /tmp/initrd.$$.gz $kernelver");
     move("$rootimg_dir/tmp/initrd.$$.gz","$destdir/initrd.gz");
 }