diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c3c3b1c36..c59df38c2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-12-15  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/boot/i386/pc/startup_raw.S: Clear direction flag for
+	certainety.
+
 2011-12-15  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/boot/i386/pc/startup_raw.S: Move realmode routines to
diff --git a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/startup_raw.S b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/startup_raw.S
index ade2883b0..9c044ffb0 100644
--- a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/startup_raw.S
+++ b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/startup_raw.S
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ LOCAL (codestart):
 	.code32
 
 	incl	%eax
+	cld
 	call	grub_gate_a20
 
 	movl	LOCAL(compressed_size), %edx
 	addl    $(LOCAL(decompressor_end) - GRUB_KERNEL_I386_PC_NO_REED_SOLOMON_PART - _start), %edx
 	movl    reed_solomon_redundancy, %ecx
 	leal    _start + GRUB_KERNEL_I386_PC_NO_REED_SOLOMON_PART, %eax
+	cld
 	call    EXT_C (grub_reed_solomon_recover)
 	jmp	post_reed_solomon