diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/.github/workflows/kernel-apply-patch.sh b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/.github/workflows/kernel-apply-patch.sh
index 7c9dbb7f9a..3eadc5d5e9 100755
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/.github/workflows/kernel-apply-patch.sh
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/.github/workflows/kernel-apply-patch.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ checkout_branches "linux-${VERSION_NEW}"
 pushd "${SDK_OUTER_SRCDIR}/third_party/coreos-overlay" >/dev/null || exit
 
 VERSION_OLD=$(sed -n "s/^DIST patch-\(${KERNEL_VERSION}.[0-9]*\).*/\1/p" sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest)
+if [[ -z "${VERSION_OLD}" ]]; then
+  VERSION_OLD=$(sed -n "s/^DIST linux-\(${KERNEL_VERSION}*\).*/\1/p" sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest)
+fi
 [[ "${VERSION_NEW}" = "${VERSION_OLD}" ]] && echo "already the latest Kernel, nothing to do" && exit
 
 for pkg in sources modules kernel; do \