diff --git a/src/include/bootloader/grub/options.rb b/src/include/bootloader/grub/options.rb
index eb6255926..de982a2f0 100644
--- a/src/include/bootloader/grub/options.rb
+++ b/src/include/bootloader/grub/options.rb
@@ -735,6 +735,14 @@ def HelpBootLoaderLocationWidget
     # @return [Yast::Term] with widgets
 
     def grubBootLoaderLocationWidget
+      if BootStorage.can_boot_from_partition
+        partition_boot = BootStorage.BootPartitionDevice == BootStorage.RootPartitionDevice ?
+          Left(CheckBox(Id("boot_root"), _("Boot from &Root Partition"))) :
+          Left(CheckBox(Id("boot_boot"), _("Boo&t from Boot Partition")))
+      else
+        partition_boot = Empty()
+      end
+
       contents = VBox(
         VSpacing(1),
         Frame(
@@ -746,9 +754,7 @@ def grubBootLoaderLocationWidget
                 Left(
                   CheckBox(Id("boot_mbr"), _("Boot from &Master Boot Record"))
                 ),
-                BootStorage.BootPartitionDevice == BootStorage.RootPartitionDevice ?
-                  Left(CheckBox(Id("boot_root"), _("Boot from &Root Partition"))) :
-                  Left(CheckBox(Id("boot_boot"), _("Boo&t from Boot Partition"))),
+                partition_boot,
                 BootStorage.ExtendedPartitionDevice ?
                   Left(
                     CheckBox(
diff --git a/src/include/bootloader/grub2/misc.rb b/src/include/bootloader/grub2/misc.rb
index 3d3a17bbd..5863ff652 100644
--- a/src/include/bootloader/grub2/misc.rb
+++ b/src/include/bootloader/grub2/misc.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def initialize_bootloader_grub2_misc(include_target)
       Yast.import "StorageDevices"
       Yast.import "Mode"
       Yast.import "BootCommon"
+      Yast.import "BootStorage"
       Yast.import "PackageSystem"
       Yast.import "Map"
       Yast.import "Arch"
@@ -695,6 +696,11 @@ def grub_ConfigureLocation
         selected_location = :mbr
       end
 
+      if !BootStorage.can_boot_from_partition
+        Builtins.y2milestone("/boot cannot be used to install stage1")
+        selected_location = :mbr
+      end
+
       SetBootloaderDevice(selected_location)
       if !Builtins.contains(
           BootStorage.getPartitionList(:boot, "grub"),
diff --git a/src/modules/BootGRUB2.rb b/src/modules/BootGRUB2.rb
index 3e135da76..a233f8ca1 100644
--- a/src/modules/BootGRUB2.rb
+++ b/src/modules/BootGRUB2.rb
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ def prep_partitions
     def urlLocationSummary
       Builtins.y2milestone("Prepare url summary for GRUB2")
       # FIXME identical code in BootGRUB module
-      locations = []
       line = "<ul>\n<li>"
       if BootCommon.globals["boot_mbr"] == "true"
         line << _(
@@ -195,36 +194,40 @@ def urlLocationSummary
         )
       end
       line << "</li>\n"
-      locations << line
 
-      line = "<li>"
+      # do not allow to switch on boot from partition that do not support it
+      if BootStorage.can_boot_from_partition
+        line << "<li>"
 
-      # check for separated boot partition, use root otherwise
-      if BootStorage.BootPartitionDevice != BootStorage.RootPartitionDevice
-        if BootCommon.globals["boot_boot"] == "true"
-          line << _(
-            "Install bootcode into /boot partition (<a href=\"disable_boot_boot\">do not install</a>)"
-          )
-        else
-          line << _(
-            "Do not install bootcode into /boot partition (<a href=\"enable_boot_boot\">install</a>)"
-          )
-        end
-      else
-        if BootCommon.globals["boot_root"] == "true"
-          line << _(
-            "Install bootcode into \"/\" partition (<a href=\"disable_boot_root\">do not install</a>)"
-          )
+        # check for separated boot partition, use root otherwise
+        if BootStorage.BootPartitionDevice != BootStorage.RootPartitionDevice
+          if BootCommon.globals["boot_boot"] == "true"
+            line << _(
+              "Install bootcode into /boot partition (<a href=\"disable_boot_boot\">do not install</a>)"
+            )
+          else
+            line << _(
+              "Do not install bootcode into /boot partition (<a href=\"enable_boot_boot\">install</a>)"
+            )
+          end
         else
-          line << _(
-            "Do not install bootcode into \"/\" partition (<a href=\"enable_boot_root\">install</a>)"
-          )
+          if BootCommon.globals["boot_root"] == "true"
+            line << _(
+              "Install bootcode into \"/\" partition (<a href=\"disable_boot_root\">do not install</a>)"
+            )
+          else
+            line << _(
+              "Do not install bootcode into \"/\" partition (<a href=\"enable_boot_root\">install</a>)"
+            )
+          end
         end
+        line << "</li>"
       end
-      line << "</li></ul>"
-      locations << line
 
-      return _("Change Location: %s") % locations.join(" ")
+      line << "</ul>"
+
+      # TRANSLATORS: title for list of location proposals
+      return _("Change Location: %s") % line
     end
 
 
diff --git a/src/modules/BootStorage.rb b/src/modules/BootStorage.rb
index 71b149639..0b88fbd3b 100644
--- a/src/modules/BootStorage.rb
+++ b/src/modules/BootStorage.rb
@@ -1412,6 +1412,23 @@ def checkMDDevices(tm, device)
       ret
     end
 
+    def can_boot_from_partition
+      tm = Storage.GetTargetMap
+      partition = @BootPartitionDevice || @RootPartitionDevice
+
+      part = Storage.GetPartition(tm, partition)
+
+      if !part
+        Builtins.y2error("cannot find partition #{partition}")
+        return false
+      end
+
+      fs = part["used_fs"]
+      Builtins.y2milestone("FS for boot partition #{fs}")
+
+      # cannot install stage one to xfs as it doesn't have reserved space (bnc#884255)
+      return fs != :xfs
+    end
 
     # FATE#305008: Failover boot configurations for md arrays with redundancy
     # Function check partitions and set redundancy available if