diff --git a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
index 35bd2df5b..ac9886d26 100755
--- a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ update_kernel() {
   fi
 
   #then we set genkernel options as needed
-  genkernelopts="--kernel-config=/usr/share/pentoo-sources/config-${ARCH}-${bestkern_pv} --compress-initramfs-type=zstd --bootloader=grub2 --save-config --kernel-filename=kernel-genkernel-%%ARCH%%-%%KV%% --initramfs-filename=initramfs-genkernel-%%ARCH%%-%%KV%% --systemmap-filename=System.map-genkernel-%%ARCH%%-%%KV%% --kernel-localversion=UNSET --module-rebuild --save-config --no-microcode --no-microcode-initramfs --check-free-disk-space-bootdir=50"
+  genkernelopts="--kernel-config=/usr/share/pentoo-sources/config-${ARCH}-${bestkern_pv} --compress-initramfs-type=zstd --bootloader=grub2 --save-config --kernel-filename=kernel-genkernel-%%ARCH%%-%%KV%% --initramfs-filename=initramfs-genkernel-%%ARCH%%-%%KV%% --systemmap-filename=System.map-genkernel-%%ARCH%%-%%KV%% --kernel-localversion=UNSET --module-rebuild --save-config --no-microcode --no-microcode-initramfs --check-free-disk-space-bootdir=75"
   if grep -q btrfs /etc/fstab || grep -q btrfs /proc/cmdline; then
     genkernelopts="${genkernelopts} --btrfs"
   fi