diff --git a/src/boot/efi/boot.c b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
index 6333cdade6..fa2e5eb084 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static void boot_entry_parse_tries(
                 return;
 
         /* Boot counter in the middle of the name? */
-        if (!streq16(counter, suffix))
+        if (!strcaseeq16(counter, suffix))
                 return;
 
         entry->tries_left = tries_left;