diff --git a/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs b/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs
index 5036e1f05..c07a4e469 100644
--- a/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs
+++ b/src/bin/rdcore/rootmap.rs
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ pub fn get_boot_mount_from_cmdline_args(
     if let Some(path) = boot_mount {
         Ok(Some(Mount::from_existing(path)?))
     } else if let Some(devpath) = boot_device {
-        let devinfo = lsblk_single(Path::new(devpath))?;
+        let devinfo = blkid_single(Path::new(devpath))?;
         let fs = devinfo
-            .get("FSTYPE")
+            .get("TYPE")
             .with_context(|| format!("failed to query filesystem for {}", devpath))?;
         Ok(Some(Mount::try_mount(
             devpath,
@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ pub fn get_boot_mount_from_cmdline_args(
 }
 
 fn device_to_kargs(root: &Mount, device: PathBuf) -> Result<Option<Vec<String>>> {
-    let blkinfo = lsblk_single(&device)?;
-    let blktype = blkinfo
-        .get("TYPE")
-        .with_context(|| format!("missing TYPE for {}", device.display()))?;
+    let blktype = get_block_device_type(&device)?;
     // a `match {}` construct would be nice here, but for RAID it's a prefix match
     if blktype.starts_with("raid") || blktype == "linear" {
         Ok(Some(get_raid_kargs(&device)?))
diff --git a/src/blockdev.rs b/src/blockdev.rs
index 1e11da3ac..d1597a1ce 100644
--- a/src/blockdev.rs
+++ b/src/blockdev.rs
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ impl Mount {
     }
 
     pub fn get_filesystem_uuid(&self) -> Result<String> {
-        let devinfo = lsblk_single(Path::new(&self.device))?;
+        let devinfo = blkid_single(Path::new(&self.device))?;
         devinfo
             .get("UUID")
             .map(String::from)
@@ -772,13 +772,16 @@ fn read_sysfs_dev_block_value(maj: u64, min: u64, field: &str) -> Result<String>
     Ok(read_to_string(&path)?.trim_end().into())
 }
 
-pub fn lsblk_single(dev: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
+pub fn get_block_device_type(dev: &Path) -> Result<String> {
     let mut devinfos = lsblk(Path::new(dev), false)?;
     if devinfos.is_empty() {
         // this should never happen because `lsblk` itself would've failed
         bail!("no lsblk results for {}", dev.display());
     }
-    Ok(devinfos.remove(0))
+    devinfos
+        .remove(0)
+        .remove("TYPE")
+        .with_context(|| format!("missing TYPE for {}", dev.display()))
 }
 
 /// Returns all available filesystems.
@@ -876,6 +879,17 @@ fn blkid() -> Result<Vec<HashMap<String, String>>> {
     Ok(result)
 }
 
+pub fn blkid_single(dev: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
+    let mut cmd = Command::new("blkid");
+    cmd.arg(dev);
+    let output = cmd_output(&mut cmd)?;
+    if output.is_empty() {
+        // this should never happen because `blkid` itself would've failed
+        bail!("no blkid results for {}", dev.display());
+    }
+    Ok(split_blkid_line(&output))
+}
+
 /// This is a bit fuzzy, but... this function will return every block device in the parent
 /// hierarchy of `device` capable of containing other partitions. So e.g. parent devices of type
 /// "part" doesn't match, but "disk" and "mpath" does.