diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/image/filogic.mk b/target/linux/mediatek/image/filogic.mk
index d3e94592793..78d7e2d249c 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/image/filogic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/image/filogic.mk
@@ -902,7 +902,10 @@ define Device/dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1
   IMAGES += recovery.bin
   IMAGE_SIZE := 51200k
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
-  IMAGE/recovery.bin := sysupgrade-tar | pad-to $$(IMAGE_SIZE) | dlink-ai-recovery-header DLK6E6110001 \x6A\x28\xEE\x0B \x00\x00\x2C\x00 \x00\x00\x20\x03 \x61\x6E
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),)
+  IMAGE/recovery.bin := append-image-stage initramfs-kernel.bin | sysupgrade-tar kernel=$$$$@ |\
+    pad-to $$(IMAGE_SIZE) | dlink-ai-recovery-header DLK6E6110001 \x6A\x28\xEE\x0B \x00\x00\x2C\x00 \x00\x00\x20\x03 \x61\x6E
+endif
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1
 
@@ -916,7 +919,10 @@ define Device/dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m60-a1
   IMAGES += recovery.bin
   IMAGE_SIZE := 51200k
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
-  IMAGE/recovery.bin := sysupgrade-tar | pad-to $$(IMAGE_SIZE) | dlink-ai-recovery-header DLK6E8202001 \x30\x6C\x19\x0C \x00\x00\x2C\x00 \x00\x00\x20\x03 \x82\x6E
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),)
+  IMAGE/recovery.bin := append-image-stage initramfs-kernel.bin | sysupgrade-tar kernel=$$$$@ |\
+    pad-to $$(IMAGE_SIZE) | dlink-ai-recovery-header DLK6E8202001 \x30\x6C\x19\x0C \x00\x00\x2C\x00 \x00\x00\x20\x03 \x82\x6E
+endif
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m60-a1