diff --git a/grubby-bls b/grubby-bls
index 06a021b..2c6cb3d 100755
--- a/grubby-bls
+++ b/grubby-bls
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ remove_var_prefix() {
 update_grubcfg()
 {
     if [[ $arch = 'ppc64' || $arch = 'ppc64le' ]]; then
-	grub2-mkconfig -o "${grub_config}" >& /dev/null
+	grub2-mkconfig --no-grubenv-update -o "${grub_config}" >& /dev/null
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/grubby.spec b/grubby.spec
index b87c1bc..acb69a0 100644
--- a/grubby.spec
+++ b/grubby.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: grubby
 Version: 8.40
-Release: 37%{?dist}
+Release: 38%{?dist}
 Summary: Command line tool for updating bootloader configs
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: https://github.com/rhinstaller/grubby
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ current boot environment.
  %{_mandir}/man8/*.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 29 2019 Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> - 8.40-38
+- grubby-bls: don't update grubenv when generating grub.cfg for ppc64le
+  Related: rhbz#1726514
+
 * Thu Nov 28 2019 Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> - 8.40-37
 - grubby-bls: don't print rpm-sort error messages
   Resolves: rhbz#1731924