diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 930caa5..8eb0634 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1978,9 +1978,7 @@ static int reboot_device(libusb_device *device, bool bootsel, uint disable_mask=
 
 void reboot_command::execute(device_map &devices) {
     if (settings.force) {
-        // cannot
-        uint disable_mask = settings.reboot_usb ? 1 : 0; // this is bit 0 for the USB drive
-        reboot_device(devices[dr_vidpid_stdio_usb][0].first, disable_mask);
+        reboot_device(devices[dr_vidpid_stdio_usb][0].first, settings.reboot_usb);
     } else {
 
         // not exclusive, because restoring un-exclusive could fail; also if we're rebooting, we don't much