This could be a duplicate of boo#1177256 (firware files missing for booted kernel). Possible workaround would be (while running old kernel) 1. Remove line fw_dir+="/lib/firmware/5.3.18-lp152.36-default" in /etc/dracut.conf.d/amdgpu.conf 2. Copy existing firmware files in /lib/firmware/ 5.3.18-lp152.36-default to new directory /lib/firmware/5.3.18-lp152.44.1-default cp -r /lib/firmware/ 5.3.18-lp152.36-default /lib/firmware/5.3.18-lp152.44.1-default 3. Regenerate initrd mkinitrd Please have a try. But honestly nobody ever tried this. You would be the first one .... 4. Reboot new kernel