diff --git a/dracut-functions.sh b/dracut-functions.sh
index 4535871b60..6cb13dd581 100755
--- a/dracut-functions.sh
+++ b/dracut-functions.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ get_persistent_dev() {
         /dev/disk/by-partlabel/* \
         /dev/disk/by-id/* \
         /dev/disk/by-path/*; do
-        [[ -e $i ]] || continue
+        [[ -f $i ]] || continue
         [[ $i == /dev/mapper/control ]] && continue
         [[ $i == /dev/mapper/mpath* ]] && continue
         _tmp=$(get_maj_min "$i")