From a9803c7378bf4fc4917931d6f1c988306c473f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia@mercallure.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 10:59:05 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/kernel: only link initrd when enabled

Avoid creating the initrd symlink for configurations with
boot.initrd.enable = false.
---
 nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
index 9a3138ff37eb..7f2d388b8af3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
@@ -412,7 +412,9 @@ in
 
           echo -n "$kernelParams" > $out/kernel-params
 
-          ln -s ${initrdPath} $out/initrd
+          ${optionalString config.boot.initrd.enable ''
+            ln -s ${initrdPath} $out/initrd
+          ''}
 
           ${optionalString (config.boot.initrd.secrets != { }) ''
             ln -s ${config.system.build.initialRamdiskSecretAppender}/bin/append-initrd-secrets $out