diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 231c246..0a77f84 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
 					}
 					# handle Arch /dev/root for / id
 					if ( partition == "root" ) {
-						partTemp="'$( readlink /dev/root )'"
+						partTemp="'$( readlink /dev/root 2>/dev/null )'"
 						if ( partTemp ~ /^[hs]d[a-z][0-9]+$/ ) {
 							partition=partTemp
 						}