diff --git a/microcode_ctl.spec b/microcode_ctl.spec
index f7fbe16..7ee7179 100644
--- a/microcode_ctl.spec
+++ b/microcode_ctl.spec
@@ -409,9 +409,13 @@ rpm -qa --qf "${qf}" ${pkgs} | sort -r -n -k'3,3' | {
 		# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1609696
 		# So, we check for symvers file inside /lib/modules.
 		#
+		# Also account for the fact that symvers compression has been
+		# switched from gzip to xz on newer kernels.
+		#
 		# XXX: Not sure if this check is still needed, since we now
 		# iterate over the rpm output.
-		[ -e "/lib/modules/${kver_uname}/symvers.gz" ] || continue
+		[ -e "/lib/modules/${kver_uname}/symvers.gz" -o \
+		  -e "/lib/modules/${kver_uname}/symvers.xz" ] || continue
 		# Check that modules.dep for the kernel is present as well,
 		# otherwise dracut complains with "/lib/modules/.../modules.dep
 		# is missing. Did you run depmod?".