diff --git a/crates/boot/src/actions/chainload.rs b/crates/boot/src/actions/chainload.rs
index 1753384..631e3af 100644
--- a/crates/boot/src/actions/chainload.rs
+++ b/crates/boot/src/actions/chainload.rs
@@ -15,24 +15,22 @@ use log::warn;
 use uefi::CString16;
 use uefi::proto::loaded_image::LoadedImage;
 
-/// Read the Linux initrd at `path` relative to the sprout image.
+/// Read the initrd at the stamped `path` relative to the sprout image.
 /// Provides [None] if the path refers to the root of a filesystem rather than a file.
-fn read_linux_initrd(context: &Rc<SproutContext>, path: &str) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
+pub fn read_initrd(context: &Rc<SproutContext>, path: &str) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
     let resolved = eficore::path::resolve_path(Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?), path)
-        .context("unable to resolve linux initrd path")?;
+        .context("unable to resolve initrd path")?;
 
     // A path without a file component refers to the root of the filesystem, not an initrd.
     // This happens when a path template like "$root\\$initrd-0" is stamped with an empty
     // initrd value, such as a BLS entry without an initrd or an unused BLS initrd slot.
     let subpath = eficore::path::device_path_subpath(&resolved.full_path)
-        .context("unable to get linux initrd subpath")?;
+        .context("unable to get initrd subpath")?;
     if subpath.trim_matches('\\').is_empty() {
         return Ok(None);
     }
 
-    let content = resolved
-        .read_file()
-        .context("unable to read linux initrd")?;
+    let content = resolved.read_file().context("unable to read initrd")?;
     Ok(Some(content))
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ pub fn chainload(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &ChainloadConfigurat
         let Some(path) = empty_is_none(Some(path)) else {
             continue;
         };
-        let Some(content) = read_linux_initrd(&context, &path)? else {
+        let Some(content) = read_initrd(&context, &path)? else {
             continue;
         };
         match initrd.as_mut() {
diff --git a/crates/boot/src/actions/edera.rs b/crates/boot/src/actions/edera.rs
index d031d8d..641eb9d 100644
--- a/crates/boot/src/actions/edera.rs
+++ b/crates/boot/src/actions/edera.rs
@@ -87,18 +87,24 @@ pub fn edera(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &EderaConfiguration) ->
 
     // Read the initrd, or each initrd in the chain concatenated in order, then
     // extend PCR 9 with the combined bytes (empty when no initrd is configured).
+    // Paths are stamped first, and paths that are empty after stamping or that refer
+    // to the root of a filesystem are skipped, the same as the chainload action.
     let mut initrd_bytes = Vec::new();
-    for p in configuration
+    let initrd_paths = configuration
         .initrd
         .iter()
         .chain(configuration.initrd_chain.iter())
-    {
-        if let Some(p) = empty_is_none(Some(p)) {
-            append_initrd(
-                &mut initrd_bytes,
-                &read_loader_payload(&context, "initrd", p)?,
-            );
-        }
+        .map(|item| context.stamp(item));
+    for path in initrd_paths {
+        let Some(path) = empty_is_none(Some(path)) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let Some(content) = actions::chainload::read_initrd(&context, &path)
+            .context("unable to read initrd file")?
+        else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        append_initrd(&mut initrd_bytes, &content);
     }
     PlatformTpm::log_event(
         PlatformTpm::PCR_INITRD,