1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass b/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass
index 995d3e7fc6..5107d7f8e4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ boot_direct_populate() {
                 rm -f $dest/initrd
                 for fs in ${INITRD}
                 do
-                        if [ -n "${fs}" ] && [ -s "${fs}" ]; then
+                        if [ -s "${fs}" ]; then
                                 cat ${fs} >> $dest/initrd
+                        else
+                                bbfatal "${fs} is invalid. initrd image creation failed."
                         fi
                 done
                 chmod 0644 $dest/initrd