diff --git a/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract.go b/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract.go
index bbc275f9e..fa0f172fb 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract.go
@@ -32,30 +32,22 @@ func Extract(ukiPath string) (assetInfo AssetInfo, err error) {
 
 	assetInfo.fileCloser = peFile
 
-	for _, section := range peFile.Sections {
-		// read upto section.VirtualSize bytes
-		sectionReader := io.NewSectionReader(section, 0, int64(section.VirtualSize))
+	sectionMap := map[string]*io.Reader{
+		".initrd":  &assetInfo.Initrd,
+		".cmdline": &assetInfo.Cmdline,
+		".linux":   &assetInfo.Kernel,
+	}
 
-		switch section.Name {
-		case ".initrd":
-			assetInfo.Initrd = sectionReader
-		case ".cmdline":
-			assetInfo.Cmdline = sectionReader
-		case ".linux":
-			assetInfo.Kernel = sectionReader
+	for _, section := range peFile.Sections {
+		if reader, exists := sectionMap[section.Name]; exists && *reader == nil {
+			*reader = io.NewSectionReader(section, 0, int64(section.VirtualSize))
 		}
 	}
 
-	if assetInfo.Kernel == nil {
-		return assetInfo, fmt.Errorf("kernel not found in PE file")
-	}
-
-	if assetInfo.Initrd == nil {
-		return assetInfo, fmt.Errorf("initrd not found in PE file")
-	}
-
-	if assetInfo.Cmdline == nil {
-		return assetInfo, fmt.Errorf("cmdline not found in PE file")
+	for name, reader := range sectionMap {
+		if *reader == nil {
+			return assetInfo, fmt.Errorf("%s not found in PE file", name)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return assetInfo, nil
diff --git a/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract_test.go b/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract_test.go
index b5baa5832..2b60d6e94 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/extract_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestUKIExtract(t *testing.T) {
 
 	destFile := filepath.Join(destDir, "vmlinuz.efi")
 
-	for _, section := range []string{"linux", "initrd", "cmdline"} {
+	for _, section := range []string{"linux", "initrd", "cmdline", "profile-default", "profile-reset", "cmdline-reset"} {
 		assert.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(destDir, section), []byte(section), 0o644))
 	}
 
@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ func TestUKIExtract(t *testing.T) {
 			Measure: false,
 			Append:  true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:    ".profile",
+			Path:    filepath.Join(destDir, "profile-default"),
+			Measure: false,
+			Append:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:    ".profile",
+			Path:    filepath.Join(destDir, "profile-reset"),
+			Measure: false,
+			Append:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:    ".cmdline",
+			Path:    filepath.Join(destDir, "cmdline-reset"),
+			Measure: false,
+			Append:  true,
+		},
 	}))
 
 	ukiData, err := pe.Extract(destFile)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/pe_test.go b/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/pe_test.go
index ecbe186d9..d9a38d367 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/pe_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/uki/internal/pe/pe_test.go
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ func TestMultipleSections(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	unamePath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "uname")
-	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(unamePath, []byte("Talos-helloworld"), 0o644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(unamePath, []byte("Talos"), 0o644))
 
 	unameNewPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "uname-new")
-	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(unameNewPath, []byte("Talos-foobar"), 0o644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(unameNewPath, []byte("Talos-new"), 0o644))
 
 	outNative := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "uki-native.bin")
 
@@ -174,6 +174,6 @@ func TestMultipleSections(t *testing.T) {
 
 	sectionContents := extractSection(t, outNative, ".uname")
 
-	assert.Contains(t, sectionContents, "Talos-helloworld")
-	assert.Contains(t, sectionContents, "Talos-foobar")
+	assert.Contains(t, sectionContents, "Talos")
+	assert.Contains(t, sectionContents, "Talos-new")
 }