diff --git a/dracut-kdump.sh b/dracut-kdump.sh
index 1fc2231..7b3ad7a 100755
--- a/dracut-kdump.sh
+++ b/dracut-kdump.sh
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ dump_raw()
 	if ! echo "$CORE_COLLECTOR" | grep -q makedumpfile; then
 		_src_size=$(stat --format %s /proc/vmcore)
 		_src_size_mb=$((_src_size / 1048576))
-		/kdumpscripts/monitor_dd_progress $_src_size_mb &
+		/kdumpscripts/monitor_dd_progress.sh $_src_size_mb &
 	fi
 
 	dinfo "saving vmcore"
diff --git a/dracut-module-setup.sh b/dracut-module-setup.sh
index daa6b26..7e1cb9f 100755
--- a/dracut-module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut-module-setup.sh
@@ -1020,8 +1020,7 @@ install() {
         kdump_install_random_seed
     fi
     dracut_install -o /etc/adjtime /etc/localtime
-    inst "$moddir/monitor_dd_progress" "/kdumpscripts/monitor_dd_progress"
-    chmod +x "${initdir}/kdumpscripts/monitor_dd_progress"
+    inst "$moddir/monitor_dd_progress.sh" "/kdumpscripts/monitor_dd_progress.sh"
     inst "/bin/dd" "/bin/dd"
     inst "/bin/tail" "/bin/tail"
     inst "/bin/date" "/bin/date"
diff --git a/dracut-monitor_dd_progress b/dracut-monitor_dd_progress.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut-monitor_dd_progress
rename to dracut-monitor_dd_progress.sh