diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/cfg b/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/cfg
index 8ca53d24d7..8fe1a8d0c7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/cfg
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-search.file ($cmdpath)/EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg root
+search --file --set=root --hint-efi=$cmdpath /EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg
 set prefix=($root)/EFI/BOOT