diff --git a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
index 6258887..ca2c82b 100755
--- a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
+++ b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ extract_vmlinux()
 status=0
 img=''
 # try to find the image of the current running kernel
+[ -e /boot/vmlinuz-linux       ] && img=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
 [ -e /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) ] && img=/boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r)
-[ -e /boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r) ] && img=/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r)
 [ -e /boot/kernel-$( uname -r) ] && img=/boot/kernel-$( uname -r)
 [ -e /boot/bzImage-$(uname -r) ] && img=/boot/bzImage-$(uname -r)
 if [ -z "$img" ]; then