diff --git a/mdadm.changes b/mdadm.changes
index af59de9..2b3080e 100644
--- a/mdadm.changes
+++ b/mdadm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 23 08:42:24 UTC 2021 - Stefan Weiberg <sweiberg@suse.com>
+
+- Use %{_sbindir} for prerequisite of mkinitrd to work with
+  usrmerge of dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct  6 04:15:49 UTC 2021 - Neil Brown <nfbrown@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/mdadm.spec b/mdadm.spec
index defd23d..8972603 100644
--- a/mdadm.spec
+++ b/mdadm.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libudev)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(udev)
 PreReq:         %fillup_prereq
-PreReq:         /sbin/mkinitrd
+PreReq:         %{_sbindir}/mkinitrd
 PreReq:         coreutils
 Recommends:     smtp_daemon
 URL:            http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/