diff --git a/stand/lua/password.lua b/stand/lua/password.lua
index 444c58559d1f..2ce117c89572 100644
--- a/stand/lua/password.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/password.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function password.read()
 end
 
 function password.check()
+	screen.clear();
 	screen.defcursor();
 	-- pwd is optionally supplied if we want to check it
 	local function do_prompt(prompt, pwd)