diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
index ddaf985878e0..3dfcc010b64e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ while read -u 3 mountPoint; do
     # If copytoram is enabled: skip mounting the ISO and copy its content to a tmpfs.
     if [ -n "$copytoram" ] && [ "$device" = /dev/root ] && [ "$mountPoint" = /iso ]; then
       fsType=$(blkid -o value -s TYPE "$device")
-      fsSize=$(blockdev --getsize64 "$device")
+      fsSize=$(blockdev --getsize64 "$device" || stat -Lc '%s' "$device")
 
       mkdir -p /tmp-iso
       mount -t "$fsType" /dev/root /tmp-iso