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diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
index 80fe0cfb9d..32e3536039 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
@@ -469,9 +469,10 @@ upon error."
(define (device-string->file-system-device device-string)
;; The "--root=SPEC" kernel command-line option always provides a
- ;; string, but the string can represent a device, a UUID, or a
- ;; label. So check for all three.
+ ;; string, but the string can represent a device, an nfs-root, a UUID, or a
+ ;; label. So check for all four.
(cond ((string-prefix? "/" device-string) device-string)
+ ((string-contains device-string ":/") device-string) ; nfs-root
((uuid device-string) => identity)
(else (file-system-label device-string))))