diff --git a/package/yast2-bootloader.changes b/package/yast2-bootloader.changes
index 624d5b7e0..e918965f8 100644
--- a/package/yast2-bootloader.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-bootloader.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 26 13:11:58 UTC 2014 - jsrain@suse.cz
+
+- initialize bootloader during update if proposed from scratch
+  (bnc#899743)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 21 11:56:38 UTC 2014 - jsrain@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/src/clients/inst_bootloader.rb b/src/clients/inst_bootloader.rb
index 647e24c56..810268cd4 100644
--- a/src/clients/inst_bootloader.rb
+++ b/src/clients/inst_bootloader.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ def main
         return :auto # don't execute this once more
       end
 
-      if Mode.installation
+      # if BL config is created from scratch, prepare config files
+      # in order not to touch old files (bnc#899743)
+      if Mode.installation || ! BootCommon.was_read
         Bootloader.blSave(false, false, false)
         @files = BootCommon.GetFilesContents