diff --git a/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
index 4880cefe3..3098e8918 100644
--- a/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
+++ b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
@@ -427,6 +427,11 @@ grub_gettext_init_ext (struct grub_gettext_context *ctx,
   if (locale[0] == 'e' && locale[1] == 'n'
       && (locale[2] == '\0' || locale[2] == '_'))
     grub_errno = err = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
+
+  /* If no translations are available, fall back to untranslated text. */
+  if (err == GRUB_ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
+    grub_errno = err = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
+
   return err;
 }