diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8cd297bc6..455abb46f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-01-30  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@free.fr>
+
+	* kern/rescue.c: Silently accept empty lines.
+
 2008-01-29  Bean  <bean123ch@gmail.com>
 
 	* boot/i386/pc/lnxboot.S (data_start): Code cleanup.
diff --git a/kern/rescue.c b/kern/rescue.c
index 9d7da10e7..bd5d579f9 100644
--- a/kern/rescue.c
+++ b/kern/rescue.c
@@ -659,6 +659,8 @@ grub_enter_rescue_mode (void)
 
       /* Get a command line.  */
       grub_rescue_get_command_line ("grub rescue> ");
+      if (line[0] == 0)
+	continue;
 
       if (grub_parser_split_cmdline (line, getline, &n, &args) || n < 0)
 	continue;