diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
index 5279bbaa9af..0cb01ef9ea3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/flatcar/init.git"
 if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 else
+	EGIT_BRANCH="flatcar-4459-backport"
 	EGIT_COMMIT="e4a70e49b97fbcc427f8e2bea5f8406c10bebeac" # flatcar-4459-backport
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 x86"
 fi