diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass
index da919d52f9..d2e95ef51c 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ do_bootimg[depends] += "dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot \
 LABELS_LIVE ?= "boot install"
 ROOT_LIVE ?= "root=/dev/ram0"
 INITRD_IMAGE_LIVE ?= "${MLPREFIX}core-image-minimal-initramfs"
-INITRD_LIVE ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${INITRD_IMAGE_LIVE}${IMAGE_MACHINE_SUFFIX}.${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
+INITRD_LIVE ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${INITRD_IMAGE_LIVE}${IMAGE_MACHINE_SUFFIX}.${@d.getVar('INITRAMFS_FSTYPES').split()[0]}"
 
 LIVE_ROOTFS_TYPE ?= "ext4"
 ROOTFS ?= "${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}.${LIVE_ROOTFS_TYPE}"