diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae588168a..8d798221d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -578,11 +578,6 @@
 	currently used so this doesn't really have any effect.
 	Reported by:  	Douglas Ray <dougray>
 
-2013-10-17  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
-
-	* util/grub-mkstandalone.in: Remove needless copying since we already
-	pass the files to tar.
-
 2013-10-17  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* autogen.sh: Don't set LC_CTYPE as it doesn't create problem for
diff --git a/util/grub-mkstandalone.in b/util/grub-mkstandalone.in
index 0abc15ec3..b692c481c 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkstandalone.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkstandalone.in
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ fi
 
 memdisk_dir="`mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX"`" || exit 1
 grub_install_files "${source_directory}" "${memdisk_dir}"/boot/grub "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}"
+for file in $source; do
+    cp -f "$file" "${memdisk_dir}"/"$file";
+done
 
 memdisk_img=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX"` || exit 1