diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
index e114525d86..e930649d1c 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo >> /boot/config.txt
 echo "initramfs fwupdater.gz" >> /boot/config.txt
 
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
index e114525d86..e930649d1c 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
+++ b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo >> /boot/config.txt
 echo "initramfs fwupdater.gz" >> /boot/config.txt
 
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi3/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot b/board/raspberrypi3/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
index e114525d86..e930649d1c 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi3/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
+++ b/board/raspberrypi3/overlay/usr/libexec/fw-prepare-boot
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo >> /boot/config.txt
 echo "initramfs fwupdater.gz" >> /boot/config.txt