diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 08a8e348a..ef0167e43 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-01-04  Jochen Hoenicke  <jochen@gnu.org>
+
+	* stage2/builtins.c (embed_func): Call open_partition() even for
+ 	MBR, so that part_start is correct.  This fixes a bug reported by
+ 	Matthias Granberry <matthias@slurpee.org>.
+	
 2000-12-22  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>
 
 	* stage2/disk_io.c (make_saved_active): Change the variable name
diff --git a/stage2/builtins.c b/stage2/builtins.c
index c7dd846eb..d890d7740 100644
--- a/stage2/builtins.c
+++ b/stage2/builtins.c
@@ -971,6 +971,10 @@ embed_func (char *arg, int flags)
       char mbr[SECTOR_SIZE];
       char ezbios_check[2*SECTOR_SIZE];
 
+      /* Open the partition.  */
+      if (! open_partition ())
+	return 1;
+
       /* No floppy has MBR.  */
       if (! (current_drive & 0x80))
 	{