diff --git a/tmp/pre_upgrade_command b/tmp/pre_upgrade_command
index 65c0c1dc32..0556e19aba 100644
--- a/tmp/pre_upgrade_command
+++ b/tmp/pre_upgrade_command
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 PRIOR_VERSION=`uname -r | cut -d'.' -f1`
 echo $PRIOR_VERSION > /tmp/pre_upgrade_version
 
+mv /tmp/pfsense_kernel.txt /tmp/pfsense_kernel.txt
+rm /boot/kernel/*
+mv /tmp/pfsense_kernel.txt
+