Index: grub-2.02/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c
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--- grub-2.02.orig/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c
+++ grub-2.02/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ grub_linux_boot (void)
     grub_fatal (N_("Error trying to perform 'systemctl kexec'"));
 
   /* need to check read-only root before resetting hard!? */
-  grub_printf("Performing 'kexec -e'");
+  grub_printf("Performing 'kexec -e -x'");
   kexec[1] = "-e";
-  kexec[2] = NULL;
+  kexec[2] = "-x";
+  kexec[3] = NULL;
   rc = grub_util_exec(kexec);
   if ( rc != GRUB_ERR_NONE )
     grub_fatal (N_("Error trying to directly perform 'kexec -e'."));