diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb
index 5cdd161811..96c07aff52 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "sysvinit", "${SYSVINIT_SCRIPTS}", "", d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps}", "", d)} \
-    ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "efi", "${EFI_PROVIDER} kernel", "", d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "efi", "${EFI_PROVIDER} ${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}", "", d)} \
     netbase \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_login_manager} \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager} \