diff --git a/src/boot/boot.c b/src/boot/boot.c
index e1119589c9..eabfd6b6b2 100644
--- a/src/boot/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot/boot.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,10 @@ static void boot_entry_parse_tries(
         if (!strcaseeq16(counter, suffix))
                 return;
 
+        entry->id = xasprintf("%.*ls%ls",
+                        (int) prefix_len - 1,
+                        file,
+                        suffix);
         entry->tries_left = tries_left;
         entry->tries_done = tries_done;
         entry->directory = xstrdup16(directory);
@@ -1395,13 +1399,16 @@ static void boot_entry_add_type1(
         }
 
         entry->device = device;
-        entry->id = xstrdup16(file);
-        strtolower16(entry->id);
-
-        config_add_entry(config, entry);
 
         if (path)
                 boot_entry_parse_tries(entry, path, file, u".conf");
+
+        if (!entry->id)
+                entry->id = xstrdup16(file);
+
+        strtolower16(entry->id);
+
+        config_add_entry(config, entry);
         TAKE_PTR(entry);
 }