--- dracut/dracut-functions.sh~	2012-02-24 15:38:08.000000000 +0100
+++ dracut/dracut-functions.sh	2012-03-21 15:03:12.440030577 +0100
@@ -540,7 +540,12 @@
             inst "$_realsrc"
         fi
     fi
-    [[ -d ${_target%/*} ]] && _target=$(readlink -f ${_target%/*})/${_target##*/}
+    if [[ -d ${_target%/*} ]]; then
+        if ! [[ -d "$initdir/${_target%/*}" ]]; then
+            inst_dir "${_target%/*}"
+        fi
+        _target=$(readlink -f ${_target%/*})/${_target##*/}
+    fi
     ln -sfn $(convert_abs_rel "${_target}" "${_realsrc}") "$initdir/$_target"
 }