diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 75242829..08fbb9ca 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -374,14 +374,16 @@ sub console_loadkeys_us {
     if (get_var('LANGUAGE') eq 'french') {
         script_run "loqdkeys us", 0;
         # might take a few secs
+        wait_still_screen(3);
     }
     elsif (get_var('LANGUAGE') eq 'japanese' || get_var('LANGUAGE') eq 'turkish') {
         script_run "loadkeys us", 0;
+        wait_still_screen(3);
     }
     elsif (get_var('LANGUAGE') eq 'czech' || get_var('LAYOUT') eq 'czech') {
         script_run('loadkezs us', 0);
+        wait_still_screen(3);
     }
-    wait_still_screen(3);
 }
 
 sub do_bootloader {