diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
index b62aed4ead95..4e77c54747eb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ echo
 
 
 # Mount special file systems.
-mkdir -p /etc
+mkdir -p /etc/udev
 touch /etc/fstab # to shut up mount
 touch /etc/mtab # to shut up mke2fs
+touch /etc/udev/hwdb.bin # to shut up udeev
 touch /etc/initrd-release
 mkdir -p /proc
 mount -t proc proc /proc