diff --git a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
index d7fd8667b..a6cd30f10 100644
--- a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
+++ b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
@@ -1451,9 +1451,10 @@ nmi_cmdline_reader_parse(const char        *etc_connections_dir,
     gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *routes        = NULL;
     gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *znets         = NULL;
     int                          i;
-    guint64                      dhcp_timeout   = 90;
-    guint64                      dhcp_num_tries = 1;
-    gboolean                     nvmf_nonbft    = FALSE;
+    guint64                      dhcp_timeout     = 90;
+    guint64                      dhcp_num_tries   = 1;
+    gboolean                     nvmf_nonbft      = FALSE;
+    gboolean                     have_dracut_nbft = FALSE;
 
     reader = reader_new();
 
@@ -1470,7 +1471,10 @@ nmi_cmdline_reader_parse(const char        *etc_connections_dir,
             /* pass */
         } else if (nm_streq(tag, "net.ifnames"))
             net_ifnames = !nm_streq(argument, "0");
-        else if (nm_streq(tag, "rd.peerdns"))
+        else if (nm_streq(tag, "ifname")) {
+            if (NM_STR_HAS_PREFIX(argument, "nbft"))
+                have_dracut_nbft = TRUE;
+        } else if (nm_streq(tag, "rd.peerdns"))
             reader->ignore_auto_dns = !_nm_utils_ascii_str_to_bool(argument, TRUE);
         else if (nm_streq(tag, "rd.net.timeout.dhcp")) {
             if (nm_streq0(argument, "infinity")) {
@@ -1566,7 +1570,7 @@ nmi_cmdline_reader_parse(const char        *etc_connections_dir,
             nvmf_nonbft = TRUE;
     }
 
-    if (!nvmf_nonbft) {
+    if (!nvmf_nonbft && !have_dracut_nbft) {
         NMConnection **nbft_connections, **c;
 
         nbft_connections = nmi_nbft_reader_parse(sysfs_dir, &reader->hostname);