diff --git a/src/boot/boot.c b/src/boot/boot.c
index 0c88b05a41..b168eba01c 100644
--- a/src/boot/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot/boot.c
@@ -495,8 +495,9 @@ static bool menu_run(
         ST->ConIn->Reset(ST->ConIn, false);
         ST->ConOut->EnableCursor(ST->ConOut, false);
 
-        /* draw a single character to make ClearScreen work on some firmware */
-        ST->ConOut->OutputString(ST->ConOut, (char16_t *) u" ");
+        /* Draw a single character to the beginning of a line, in order to make ClearScreen() work on certain
+         * broken firmware. And let's immediately move back to the beginning of the line. */
+        printf("\r \r");
 
         err = console_set_mode(config->console_mode_efivar != CONSOLE_MODE_KEEP ?
                                config->console_mode_efivar : config->console_mode);