diff --git a/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk b/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk
index dd6aa94ad..73122a841 100644
--- a/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk
+++ b/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 define ROOTFS_INITRAMFS_INIT_SYMLINK
 	if [ ! -e $(TARGET_DIR)/init ]; then \
-		ln -s sbin/init $(TARGET_DIR)/init; \
+		ln -sf sbin/init $(TARGET_DIR)/init; \
 	fi
 endef
 
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ endef
 
 ROOTFS_INITRAMFS_POST_TARGETS += linux26-rebuild-with-initramfs
 
-$(eval $(call ROOTFS_TARGET,initramfs))
\ No newline at end of file
+$(eval $(call ROOTFS_TARGET,initramfs))