diff --git a/dracut/50rdcore/module-setup.sh b/dracut/50rdcore/module-setup.sh
index b386cc8b3..645dd458e 100755
--- a/dracut/50rdcore/module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut/50rdcore/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ install() {
     local _arch=${DRACUT_ARCH:-$(uname -m)}
 
     inst_simple "$moddir/rdcore" "/usr/bin/rdcore"
+    inst_multiple partprobe
 
     # `rdcore kargs` calls `zipl` on s390x
     if [[ "$_arch" == "s390x" ]]; then
diff --git a/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs b/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs
index e93bef7f4..7681c0633 100644
--- a/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs
+++ b/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ use libcoreinst::runcmd_output;
 use crate::cmdline::*;
 
 pub fn rootmap(config: &RootmapConfig) -> Result<()> {
+    // fail if we have more than 1 partition with boot label
+    if !check_single_partition("boot")? {
+        bail!("System has several partitions with boot label. Please 'wipefs' other disks");
+    }
     // get the backing device for the root mount
     let mount = Mount::from_existing(&config.root_mount)?;
     let device = PathBuf::from(mount.device());
diff --git a/src/blockdev.rs b/src/blockdev.rs
index 6f28b5e0e..4de94723d 100644
--- a/src/blockdev.rs
+++ b/src/blockdev.rs
@@ -1556,6 +1556,7 @@ fn count_partition_by_label(label: &str, devices: &[Device]) -> usize {
 }
 
 pub fn check_single_partition(label: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+    runcmd!("partprobe")?;
     let mut cmd = Command::new("lsblk");
     cmd.arg("-o")
         .arg("NAME,LABEL,UUID")