diff --git a/linux-tkg-config/prepare b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
index 8b94c9f..954b791 100644
--- a/linux-tkg-config/prepare
+++ b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
@@ -390,9 +390,10 @@ _linux_git_branch_checkout() {
 
   cd "$_where"
 
-  if ! [ -d linux-src-git ] || [ "$_source_in_tmpfs" = "true" ]; then
+  if ! [ -d linux-src-git ] || ( [ "$_source_in_tmpfs" = "true" ] && ! [ -d /tmp/linux-src-git ] ); then
     msg2 "First initialization of the linux source code git folder"
     if [ "$_source_in_tmpfs" = "true" ]; then
+      rm -rf "${_where}/linux-src-git"
       rm -rf "/tmp/linux-src-git" && mkdir "/tmp/linux-src-git"
       ln -s "/tmp/linux-src-git" "${_where}"
     else
@@ -405,6 +406,11 @@ _linux_git_branch_checkout() {
       git remote add "$remote" "${_kernel_git_remotes[$remote]}"
     done
   else
+    if [ "$_source_in_tmpfs" = "true" ]; then
+      rm -rf "${_where}/linux-src-git"
+      ln -s "/tmp/linux-src-git" "${_where}"
+    fi
+
     cd linux-src-git
 
     # Remove "origin" remote if present