diff --git a/cobbler/tftpgen.py b/cobbler/tftpgen.py
index df949d67ad..d72d588f5d 100644
--- a/cobbler/tftpgen.py
+++ b/cobbler/tftpgen.py
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ def build_kernel_options(self, system, profile, distro, image, arch,
 
         append_line = ""
         kopts = blended.get("kernel_options", dict())
+        kopts = utils.revert_strip_none(kopts)
 
         # since network needs to be configured again (it was already in netboot) when kernel boots
         # and we choose to do it dinamically, we need to set 'ksdevice' to one of
diff --git a/cobbler/utils.py b/cobbler/utils.py
index 0bacf82fb5..3e04d13eff 100644
--- a/cobbler/utils.py
+++ b/cobbler/utils.py
@@ -1947,6 +1947,28 @@ def strip_none(data, omit_none=False):
     return data
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------
+def revert_strip_none(data):
+    """
+    Does the opposite to strip_none
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, str) and data.strip() == '~':
+        return None
+
+    if isinstance(data, list):
+        data2 = []
+        for x in data:
+            data2.append(revert_strip_none(x))
+        return data2
+
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        data2 = {}
+        for key in data.keys():
+            data2[key] = revert_strip_none(data[key])
+        return data2
+
+    return data
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 def lod_to_dod(_list, indexkey):