diff --git a/src/kernel/boot/loader/main.cpp b/src/kernel/boot/loader/main.cpp
index 8bb0d23e43..1800031db4 100644
--- a/src/kernel/boot/loader/main.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/boot/loader/main.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ main(stage2_args *args)
 
 		// if everything is okay, continue booting
 		if (status == B_OK) {
+			register_boot_file_system(volume);
+
+			if (load_kernel(args, volume) < B_OK)
+				panic("could not load kernel");
 			load_modules(args, volume);
 
 			// ToDo: cleanup, heap_release() etc.