diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/bootspec.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/bootspec.nix
index 6f0653e1c44b..9f8c1da7359f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/bootspec.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/bootspec.nix
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ let
             // {
               "org.nixos.bootspec.v1" = {
                 system = config.boot.kernelPackages.stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
+                label = "${config.system.nixos.distroName} ${config.system.nixos.codeName} ${config.system.nixos.label} (Linux ${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.modDirVersion})";
+              }
+              // lib.optionalAttrs config.boot.kernel.enable {
                 kernel = "${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel}/${config.system.boot.loader.kernelFile}";
                 kernelParams = config.boot.kernelParams;
-                label = "${config.system.nixos.distroName} ${config.system.nixos.codeName} ${config.system.nixos.label} (Linux ${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.modDirVersion})";
               }
               // lib.optionalAttrs config.boot.initrd.enable {
                 initrd = "${config.system.build.initialRamdisk}/${config.system.boot.loader.initrdFile}";