diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
index 684fb9cdc055cc15d1ac3f39cdbd9fa47a245104..5f3415f28736a386d84b77ae4fa9e2f179958221 100644
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ parse() {
 			str="${ftype} ${name} ${str} ${dev} ${maj} ${min}"
 			;;
 		"slink")
-			local target=`field 11 $(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}")`
+			local target=`readlink "${location}"`
 			str="${ftype} ${name} ${target} ${str}"
 			;;
 		*)