diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3ceca774d..004996dd3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-04-18  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
+
+	* util/update-grub.in: Fix syntax error when setting
+	`GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES'.
+	Reported by Stephane Chazelas <stephane@artesyncp.com>
+
 2008-04-17  Lubomir Kundrak  <lkundrak@redhat.com>
 
 	* aclocal.m4 (grub_PROG_OBJCOPY_ABSOLUTE): take only .text
diff --git a/util/update-grub.in b/util/update-grub.in
index 77c19a14d..6037b13d8 100644
--- a/util/update-grub.in
+++ b/util/update-grub.in
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ case ${GRUB_TERMINAL} in
   gfxterm)
     if path=`font_path` ; then
       GRUB_FONT_PATH="`convert_system_path_to_grub_path ${path}`"
-      GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="`${GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES} ${grub_probe} -t abstraction ${path}`"
+      GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="${GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES} `${grub_probe} -t abstraction ${path}`"
     else
       # fallback to console
       GRUB_TERMINAL=console