diff --git a/initrd/bin/kexec-select-boot b/initrd/bin/kexec-select-boot
index 793d6a79..ef155be4 100755
--- a/initrd/bin/kexec-select-boot
+++ b/initrd/bin/kexec-select-boot
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ scan_options() {
 			kexec-parse-bls "$bootdir" "$i" "$bootdir/loader/entries" >> $option_file
 		done
 	fi
-	if [ ! -r $option_file ]; then
+	if [ ! -s $option_file ]; then
 		die "Failed to parse any boot options"
 	fi
 	if [ "$unique" = 'y' ]; then
diff --git a/initrd/bin/oem-factory-reset b/initrd/bin/oem-factory-reset
index 0dbbb452..dbb0c3cb 100755
--- a/initrd/bin/oem-factory-reset
+++ b/initrd/bin/oem-factory-reset
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ set_default_boot_option()
         kexec-parse-bls "/boot" "$i" "/boot/loader/entries" >> $option_file
       done
     fi
-    [ ! -r $option_file ] \
+    [ ! -s $option_file ] \
         && whiptail_error_die "Failed to parse any boot options"
 
     # sort boot options