diff --git a/build_library/grub.cfg b/build_library/grub.cfg
index 39bf510725..11743bbb8f 100644
--- a/build_library/grub.cfg
+++ b/build_library/grub.cfg
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ insmod all_video
 
 # Default menuentry id and boot timeout
 set default="flatcar"
+# Retry default boot entry - this will decrement the gpt tries counter and
+# switch to previous entry when all attempts are exhausted.
+set fallback="0 0 0"
 set timeout=1
 
 # Default kernel args for root filesystem, console, and Flatcar.