diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/BaseInstall.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/BaseInstall.py
index 5acf66a6..eb25aa9f 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/BaseInstall.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/BaseInstall.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Base:
             plat = getattr(self.machineConf, 'onie_platform', None)
             return plat is not None
 
+
     def __init__(self,
                  machineConf=None, installerConf=None, platformConf=None,
                  grubEnv=None, ubootEnv=None,
@@ -842,6 +843,10 @@ class UbootInstaller(SubprocessMixin, Base):
             self.log.info("ONL-BOOT is a raw partition (%s), skipping boot-config",
                           self.rawLoaderDevice)
 
+
+        code = self.installOnlConfig()
+        if code: return code
+
         self.log.info("syncing block devices")
         self.check_call(('sync',))
         # XXX roth probably not needed