diff --git a/include/tests_kernel b/include/tests_kernel
index 011d02c6..7bd11e59 100644
--- a/include/tests_kernel
+++ b/include/tests_kernel
@@ -680,8 +680,19 @@
                     elif [ -f "${FOUND_VMLINUZ}" ]; then
                         VERSION_ON_DISK=$(echo ${FOUND_VMLINUZ} | ${SEDBINARY} 's#^/boot/##' | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^vmlinuz-//')
                         LogText "Result: version derived from file name is '${VERSION_ON_DISK}'"
+
                     fi
 
+                    # Data check: perform reset if we found a version but looks incomplete
+                    # Example: Arch Linux will return only 'linux' as its version after it discovered /boot/vmlinuz-linux
+                    case ${VERSION_ON_DISK} in
+                        "linux" | "linux-lts")
+                            LogText "Result: reset of version (${VERSION_ON_DISK}) as it looks incomplete"
+                            VERSION_ON_DISK=""
+                        ;;
+                    esac
+
+                    # If we did not find the version yet, see if we can extract it from the magic data that 'file' returns
                     if [ -z "${VERSION_ON_DISK}" ]; then
                         LogText "Test: checking kernel version on disk"
                         NEXTLINE=0
@@ -697,6 +708,7 @@
                         done
                     fi
 
+                    # Last check if we finally got a version or not
                     if [ -z "${VERSION_ON_DISK}" ]; then
                         LogText "Result: could not find the version on disk"
                         ReportException "${TEST_NO}:4" "Could not find the kernel version"