diff --git a/base/setup/usetup/consup.c b/base/setup/usetup/consup.c
index a919e076248..4e9fe951950 100644
--- a/base/setup/usetup/consup.c
+++ b/base/setup/usetup/consup.c
@@ -240,19 +240,32 @@ CONSOLE_ClearScreen(VOID)
     coPos.X = 0;
     coPos.Y = 0;
 
-    FillConsoleOutputAttribute(
-        StdOutput,
-        FOREGROUND_WHITE | BACKGROUND_BLUE,
-        xScreen * yScreen,
-        coPos,
-        &Written);
+    /*
+     * Hide everything under the same foreground & background colors, so that
+     * the actual color and text blanking reset does not create a visual "blinking".
+     * We do this because we cannot do the screen scrolling trick that would
+     * allow to change both the text and the colors at the same time (the
+     * function is currently not available in our console "emulation" layer).
+     */
+    FillConsoleOutputAttribute(StdOutput,
+                               FOREGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_BLUE,
+                               xScreen * yScreen,
+                               coPos,
+                               &Written);
 
-    FillConsoleOutputCharacterA(
-        StdOutput,
-        ' ',
-        xScreen * yScreen,
-        coPos,
-        &Written);
+    /* Blank the text */
+    FillConsoleOutputCharacterA(StdOutput,
+                                ' ',
+                                xScreen * yScreen,
+                                coPos,
+                                &Written);
+
+    /* Reset the actual foreground & background colors */
+    FillConsoleOutputAttribute(StdOutput,
+                               FOREGROUND_WHITE | BACKGROUND_BLUE,
+                               xScreen * yScreen,
+                               coPos,
+                               &Written);
 }
 
 VOID