diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index d1ce2a61..17f2b075 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -760,6 +760,17 @@ snap_preseed() {
 snap_validate_seed() {
     local CHROOT_ROOT=$1
 
+    if [ -e ${CHROOT_ROOT}/boot/vmlinuz ]; then
+        local kern_major_min=$(readlink --canonicalize --no-newline ${CHROOT_ROOT}/boot/vmlinuz | grep  --extended-regexp --only-matching --max-count 1 '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
+        if [ -d /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/apparmor/${kern_major_min} ]; then
+            # if an Ubuntu version has different kernel apparmor features between LTS and HWE kernels
+            # a snap pre-seeding issue can occur, where the incorrect apparmor features are reported
+            # basic copy of a directory structure overriding the "generic" feature set
+            # which is tied to the LTS kernel
+            cp -R --verbose /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/apparmor/${kern_major_min}/* /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/apparmor/generic/
+        fi
+    fi
+
     if [ -e "${CHROOT_ROOT}/var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml" ]; then
         snap debug validate-seed "${CHROOT_ROOT}/var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml"
         /usr/lib/snapd/snap-preseed --reset $(realpath "${CHROOT_ROOT}")