diff --git a/include/tests_kernel b/include/tests_kernel
index 7fac8b591..0f0456694 100644
--- a/include/tests_kernel
+++ b/include/tests_kernel
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
             elif [ -e ${ROOTDIR}etc/rpi-issue ]; then
                 FINDKERNEL="raspberrypi-kernel"
                 LogText "Result: ${ROOTDIR}vmlinuz missing due to Raspbian"
-            elif $(${GREPBINARY} -E -q 'do_symlinks.*=.*No' ${ROOTDIR}etc/kernel-img.conf); then
+            elif [ -f ${ROOTDIR}etc/kernel-img.conf ] && $(${GREPBINARY} -E -q 'do_symlinks.*=.*No' ${ROOTDIR}etc/kernel-img.conf); then
                 FINDKERNEL="linux-image-$(uname -r)"
                 LogText "Result: ${ROOTDIR}vmlinuz missing due to /etc/kernel-img.conf item do_symlinks = No"
             else