diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 8daf7ac..9d180273 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		panic("%s", err); /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
 	/* If available load the bootloader supplied initrd */
-	if (initrd_start) {
+	if (initrd_start && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_FORCE)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
 		int fd;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...\n");