diff --git a/tests/kola/files/initrd/expected-contents b/tests/kola/files/initrd/expected-contents
index 73642a92c2..b97b24d9a4 100755
--- a/tests/kola/files/initrd/expected-contents
+++ b/tests/kola/files/initrd/expected-contents
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@ for file in "${required_initrd_files[@]}"; do
     fi
 done
 
+google_nvme_id="/usr/lib/udev/google_nvme_id"
+if [ "$(stat -c '%a' ${tmpd}/${google_nvme_id})" != 755 ]; then
+    ls -l ${tmpd}/${google_nvme_id}
+    fatal "${google_nvme_id} permission is not expected 755"
+fi
+
 ok "Found expected initrd files"