diff --git a/tests/_do_install_and_reboot.pm b/tests/_do_install_and_reboot.pm
index 3ecca96b..5d2fb3ce 100644
--- a/tests/_do_install_and_reboot.pm
+++ b/tests/_do_install_and_reboot.pm
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ sub run {
     # memcheck test doesn't need to reboot at all. Rebooting from GUI
     # for lives is unreliable. And if we're already doing something
     # else at a console, we may as well reboot from there too
-    push (@actions, 'reboot') if (!get_var("MEMCHECK") && (get_var("LIVE") || @actions));
     # Patch for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817004
     # Allow ppc64le Silverblue to boot after install
     if ((get_var("ARCH") eq 'ppc64le') && \
         (get_var("SUBVARIANT") eq "Silverblue")) {
         push (@actions, 'grubregen');
     }
+    push (@actions, 'reboot') if (!get_var("MEMCHECK") && (get_var("LIVE") || @actions));
     # our approach for taking all these actions doesn't work on VNC
     # installs, fortunately we don't need any of them in that case
     # yet, so for now let's just flush the list here if we're VNC