diff --git a/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2 b/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2
index 1008148cd008..9152260c1ff6 100644
--- a/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2
+++ b/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2
@@ -167,7 +167,13 @@ mount --bind ${rootmnt}/host/$image_dir/boot ${rootmnt}/boot
 if $logs_inram; then
     # NOTE: some platforms, when reaching initramfs stage, have a small
     #       limit of mounting tmpfs partition, potentially due to amount
-    #       of RAM available in this stage. e.g. Arista 7050-qx32[s] and 7060-cx32s
+    #       of RAM available in this stage. Therefore limiting the size
+    #       set for tmpfs partitions.
+    #
+    #       Another reason for using tmpfs /var/log partition is:
+    #       Some platforms have a small flash and therefore the log partition takes valuable space.
+    #       To improve the longevity of these devices storing the logs in memory will permit more
+    #       SONiC image growth before being bottlenecked.
     set_tmpfs_log_partition_size
     mount -t tmpfs -o rw,nosuid,nodev,size=${varlogsize}M tmpfs ${rootmnt}/var/log
     if [ -f ${rootmnt}/host/disk-img/var-log.ext4 ]; then
@@ -176,8 +182,6 @@ if $logs_inram; then
 else
     if [ -f ${rootmnt}/host/disk-img/var-log.ext4 ]; then
         fsck.ext4 -v -p ${rootmnt}/host/disk-img/var-log.ext4 2>&1 | gzip -c >> /tmp/fsck.log.gz
-    fi
-    if [ -f ${rootmnt}/host/disk-img/var-log.ext4 ]; then
         mount -t ext4 -o loop,rw ${rootmnt}/host/disk-img/var-log.ext4 ${rootmnt}/var/log
     fi
 fi