diff --git a/src/create_disk.sh b/src/create_disk.sh
index 8ffa798821..a2bd16efec 100755
--- a/src/create_disk.sh
+++ b/src/create_disk.sh
@@ -396,11 +396,15 @@ cat > $rootfs/.coreos-aleph-version.json << EOF
 }
 EOF
 
-install_uefi() {
+install_via_bootupd() {
     # https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/510
     # See also https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/pull/1873#issuecomment-524439883
     # Unshare mount ns to work around https://github.com/coreos/bootupd/issues/367
-    unshare -m /usr/bin/bootupctl backend install --src-root="${deploy_root}" "${rootfs}"
+    bootupd_args=()
+    if [ "${x86_bios_bootloader}" = 1 ]; then
+        bootupd_args+=("--device=$disk")
+    fi
+    unshare -m /usr/bin/bootupctl backend install --src-root="${deploy_root}" "${bootupd_args[@]}" "${rootfs}"
     # We have a "static" grub config file that basically configures grub to look
     # in the RAID called "md-boot", if it exists, or the partition labeled "boot".
     local target_efi="$rootfs/boot/efi"
@@ -477,22 +481,10 @@ generate_gpgkeys() {
 case "$arch" in
 x86_64)
     # UEFI
-    install_uefi
-    if [ "${x86_bios_bootloader}" = 1 ]; then
-        # And BIOS grub in addition.  See also
-        # https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/32
-        # Install BIOS/PReP bootloader using the target system's grub2-install,
-        # see https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/issues/3156
-        chroot_run /sbin/grub2-install \
-            --target i386-pc \
-            --boot-directory $rootfs/boot \
-            --modules mdraid1x \
-            "$disk"
-    fi
+    install_via_bootupd
     ;;
 aarch64)
-    # Our aarch64 is UEFI only.
-    install_uefi
+    install_via_bootupd
     ;;
 ppc64le)
     # to populate PReP Boot, i.e. support pseries