diff --git a/src/boot/efi/boot.c b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
index 8287c21d6cd..e1f08177761 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static void boot_entry_parse_tries(
                 return;
 
         /* Boot counter in the middle of the name? */
-        if (!streq16(counter, suffix))
+        if (!strcaseeq16(counter, suffix))
                 return;
 
         entry->tries_left = tries_left;