diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index f384d2dd96..2eba19ba7a 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ if [[ $print_cmdline ]]; then
         module_cmdline "$_d_mod"
     done
     unset moddir
+    printf "\n"
     exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/modules.d/95rootfs-block/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95rootfs-block/module-setup.sh
index 33875f80e3..81de1773a2 100755
--- a/modules.d/95rootfs-block/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95rootfs-block/module-setup.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cmdline_journal() {
             fi
 
             if [ -n "$journaldev" ]; then
-                echo "root.journaldev=${journaldev}"
+                printf " root.journaldev=%s" "$journaldev"
             fi
         done
     fi
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ cmdline_journal() {
 cmdline_rootfs() {
     local dev=/dev/block/$(find_root_block_device)
     if [ -e $dev ]; then
-        printf "root=%s" "$(shorten_persistent_dev "$(get_persistent_dev "$dev")")"
-        printf "rootflags=%s" "$(find_mp_fsopts /)"
-        printf "rootfstype=%s\n" "$(find_mp_fstype /)"
+        printf " root=%s" "$(shorten_persistent_dev "$(get_persistent_dev "$dev")")"
+        printf " rootflags=%s" "$(find_mp_fsopts /)"
+        printf " rootfstype=%s" "$(find_mp_fstype /)"
     fi
 }