diff --git a/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386 b/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386
index 31070b1c..2bd82e43 100755
--- a/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386
+++ b/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ if [ "$NN" = "1" ]; then
     if [ -n "$ISOLINUX_DEFAULT" ]; then
         sed -i "s/^DEFAULT .*$/DEFAULT $ISOLINUX_DEFAULT/" boot$N/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
     fi
-fi
+    sed -i "s|built on|built $BUILD_DATE; d-i|" boot$N/isolinux/f1.txt
 
-sed -i "s|built on|built $BUILD_DATE; d-i|" boot$N/isolinux/f1.txt
+fi
 
 # Add autorun if we have README.html