diff --git a/dracut-functions.sh b/dracut-functions.sh
index 2399a1da..e6200c26 100755
--- a/dracut-functions.sh
+++ b/dracut-functions.sh
@@ -239,6 +239,21 @@ else
     }
 fi
 
+get_persistent_dev() {
+    local i _tmp _dev
+
+    _dev=$(udevadm info --query=name --name="$1" 2>/dev/null)
+    [ -z "$_dev" ] && return
+
+    for i in /dev/disk/by-id/*; do
+        _tmp=$(udevadm info --query=name --name="$i" 2>/dev/null)
+        if [ "$_tmp" = "$_dev" ]; then
+            echo $i
+            return
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
 # get_fs_env <device>
 # Get and set the ID_FS_TYPE and ID_FS_UUID variable from udev for a device.
 # Example:
diff --git a/modules.d/99base/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/99base/module-setup.sh
index 8a181007..115b5446 100755
--- a/modules.d/99base/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/99base/module-setup.sh
@@ -11,19 +11,6 @@ depends() {
     return 0
 }
 
-get_persistent_dev() {
-    local i _tmp
-    local _dev=${1##*/}
-
-    for i in /dev/disk/by-id/*; do
-        _tmp=$(readlink $i)
-        if [ "$i" = "$_dev" ]; then
-            echo $i
-            return
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
 install() {
     local _d
     dracut_install mount mknod mkdir pidof sleep chroot \