diff --git a/init/reboot.cpp b/init/reboot.cpp
index 1a26c4d3c..150f8f40e 100644
--- a/init/reboot.cpp
+++ b/init/reboot.cpp
@@ -1083,7 +1083,8 @@ void HandlePowerctlMessage(const std::string& command) {
                         return;
                     }
                 }
-            } else if (reboot_target == "quiescent") {
+            } else if (std::find(cmd_params.begin(), cmd_params.end(), "quiescent")
+                    != cmd_params.end()) { // Quiescent can be either subreason or details.
                 bootloader_message boot = {};
                 if (std::string err; !read_bootloader_message(&boot, &err)) {
                     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read bootloader message: " << err;