diff --git a/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/switchroot b/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/switchroot
index 2eb8ead6..16529007 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/switchroot
+++ b/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/switchroot
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi/efivars ]; then
 fi
 mount --move /sys /newroot/sys
 if [ -d /newroot/sys/firmware/efi/efivars ]; then
+    modprobe efivarfs || :
     mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /newroot/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
 fi
 mount --move /dev /newroot/dev
diff --git a/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/sysinit b/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/sysinit
index 910b3fcf..9d869beb 100755
--- a/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/sysinit
+++ b/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/sysinit
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ trap "restoreconsole; reboot -f" EXIT
 mount -t proc proc /proc
 mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
 if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi/efivars ]; then
+    modprobe efivarfs || :
     mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
 fi
 mount -o remount,size=1M /dev