diff --git a/hw/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi-generic.c
index 9594cc12768355fc53bf64baf751917e1cbf0fe1..e62044f3955d9242d9baa6faeced5c0711342a91 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-generic.c
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ static int scsi_generic_initfn(SCSIDevice *s)
     /* define device state */
     s->type = scsiid.scsi_type;
     DPRINTF("device type %d\n", s->type);
+    if (s->type == TYPE_DISK || s->type == TYPE_ROM) {
+        add_boot_device_path(s->conf.bootindex, &s->qdev, NULL);
+    }
+
     switch (s->type) {
     case TYPE_TAPE:
         s->blocksize = get_stream_blocksize(s->conf.bs);
@@ -459,6 +463,7 @@ static SCSIRequest *scsi_new_request(SCSIDevice *d, uint32_t tag, uint32_t lun,
 
 static SCSIDeviceInfo scsi_generic_info = {
     .qdev.name    = "scsi-generic",
+    .qdev.fw_name = "disk",
     .qdev.desc    = "pass through generic scsi device (/dev/sg*)",
     .qdev.size    = sizeof(SCSIDevice),
     .qdev.reset   = scsi_generic_reset,