diff --git a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
index 6cf7415a18..f77a5f6266 100644
--- a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
+++ b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ static void print_welcome(int rfd) {
         pn = os_release_pretty_name(pretty_name, os_name);
         ac = isempty(ansi_color) ? "0" : ansi_color;
 
+        (void) reset_terminal_fd(STDIN_FILENO, /* switch_to_text= */ false);
+
         if (colors_enabled())
                 printf("\nWelcome to your new installation of \x1B[%sm%s\x1B[0m!\n", ac, pn);
         else