diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-utils/files/systemd-260-kernel-install.patch b/sys-apps/systemd-utils/files/systemd-260-kernel-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7c41237373703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-utils/files/systemd-260-kernel-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/971388
+https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41225
+
+From 54db03334813a16721fa96c59b884f1591c758b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robin Ebert <ebertrobin2002@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:32:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] kernel-install: fix assert in context_copy
+
+(cherry picked from commit 55e7dc5ce4999ba9f01499dccdeba0235a86aaa4)
+---
+ src/kernel-install/kernel-install.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/kernel-install/kernel-install.c b/src/kernel-install/kernel-install.c
+index a38dcaab8b556..618fa746c9bed 100644
+--- a/src/kernel-install/kernel-install.c
++++ b/src/kernel-install/kernel-install.c
+@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ static int context_copy(const Context *source, Context *ret) {
+ 
+         assert(source);
+         assert(ret);
+-        assert(source->rfd >= 0 || source->rfd == AT_FDCWD);
++        assert(source->rfd >= 0 || source->rfd == AT_FDCWD || source->rfd == XAT_FDROOT);
+ 
+         _cleanup_(context_done) Context copy = (Context) {
+-                .rfd = AT_FDCWD,
++                .rfd = source->rfd,
+                 .action = source->action,
+                 .machine_id = source->machine_id,
+                 .machine_id_is_random = source->machine_id_is_random,
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-260.ebuild b/sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-260-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-260.ebuild
rename to sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-260-r1.ebuild
index 6072f1cd459dc..c9f3cb92cab31 100644
--- a/sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-260.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-260-r1.ebuild
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ CONFIG_CHECK="~BLK_DEV_BSG ~DEVTMPFS ~!IDE ~INOTIFY_USER ~!SYSFS_DEPRECATED
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/systemd-260-mips.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/systemd-260-kernel-install.patch"
 )
 
 pkg_setup() {