diff --git a/modules/tasks/filesystems/btrfs.nix b/modules/tasks/filesystems/btrfs.nix
index 57a7e5e302d..d95a32e2e3f 100644
--- a/modules/tasks/filesystems/btrfs.nix
+++ b/modules/tasks/filesystems/btrfs.nix
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ in
 
     boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = mkIf inInitrd
       ''
-        cp -v ${pkgs.btrfsProgs}/bin/btrfsck $out/bin
+        mkdir -p $out/bin
         cp -v ${pkgs.btrfsProgs}/bin/btrfs $out/bin
+        ln -sv btrfs $out/bin/btrfsck
+        ln -sv btrfsck $out/bin/fsck.btrfs
         # !!! Increases uncompressed initrd by 240k
         cp -pv ${pkgs.zlib}/lib/libz.so* $out/lib
         cp -pv ${pkgs.lzo}/lib/liblzo2.so* $out/lib
-        ln -sv btrfsck $out/bin/fsck.btrfs
       '';
 
     boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommandsTest = mkIf inInitrd