diff --git a/kdumpctl b/kdumpctl
index 827b595..58c18d2 100755
--- a/kdumpctl
+++ b/kdumpctl
@@ -1406,6 +1406,9 @@ _filter_grubby_kernel_str()
 _find_kernel_path_by_release()
 {
 	local _release="$1" _grubby_kernel_str _kernel_path
+
+	# Insert '/' before '+' to cope with grep's EREs
+	_release=${_release//+/\\+}
 	_grubby_kernel_str=$(grubby --info ALL | grep -E "^kernel=.*$_release(\/\w+)?\"$")
 	_kernel_path=$(_filter_grubby_kernel_str "$_grubby_kernel_str")
 	if [[ -z $_kernel_path ]]; then
diff --git a/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh b/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh
index bb5755c..7304cd4 100644
--- a/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh
+++ b/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh
@@ -222,6 +222,23 @@ Describe 'kdumpctl'
 		End
 	End
 
+	Describe '_find_kernel_path_by_release()'
+		grubby() {
+			echo -e 'kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.11-200.fc37.x86_64"\nkernel="/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-322.el9.aarch64"\nkernel="/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-316.el9.aarch64+64k"'
+		}
+
+		Parameters
+			# parameter          answer
+			vmlinuz-6.2.11-200.fc37.x86_64	/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.11-200.fc37.x86_64
+			vmlinuz-5.14.0-322.el9.aarch64	/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-322.el9.aarch64
+			vmlinuz-5.14.0-316.el9.aarch64+64k	/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-316.el9.aarch64+64k
+		End
+		It 'returns the kernel path for the given release'
+			When call _find_kernel_path_by_release "$1"
+			The output should equal "$2"
+		End
+	End
+
 	Describe 'parse_config()'
 		bad_kdump_conf=$(mktemp -t bad_kdump_conf.XXXXXXXXXX)
 		cleanup() {