diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk
index 67f68b17708..ea20a25a299 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ define Device/cznic_turris-omnia
   DEVICE_VENDOR := CZ.NIC
   DEVICE_MODEL := Turris Omnia
   KERNEL_INSTALL := 1
-  KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin
   DEVICE_PACKAGES :=  \
     mkf2fs e2fsprogs kmod-fs-vfat kmod-nls-cp437 kmod-nls-iso8859-1 \
     wpad-basic-wolfssl kmod-ath9k kmod-ath10k-ct ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct \