diff --git a/stand/lua/menu.lua b/stand/lua/menu.lua
index 098f34a4f72d..cb6670b230e0 100644
--- a/stand/lua/menu.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/menu.lua
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ function menu.autoboot()
 	until time <= 0
 
 	local cmd = loader.getenv("menu_timeout_command") or "boot"
-	loader.interpret(cmd)
+	cli_execute_unparsed(cmd)
 end
 
 return menu