diff --git a/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.c b/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.c
index 59333b50abddb42a74a5d9af1f8fe641401ffe9b..c8217740efc1d2d7c59f615c8e3fc5eba17f5a03 100644
--- a/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.c
+++ b/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.c
@@ -247,11 +247,26 @@ static void aspeed_scu_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t data,
         s->regs[reg] = data;
         aspeed_scu_set_apb_freq(s);
         break;
-
+    case HW_STRAP1:
+        if (ASPEED_IS_AST2500(s->regs[SILICON_REV])) {
+            s->regs[HW_STRAP1] |= data;
+            return;
+        }
+        /* Jump to assignment below */
+        break;
+    case SILICON_REV:
+        if (ASPEED_IS_AST2500(s->regs[SILICON_REV])) {
+            s->regs[HW_STRAP1] &= ~data;
+        } else {
+            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+                          "%s: Write to read-only offset 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx "\n",
+                          __func__, offset);
+        }
+        /* Avoid assignment below, we've handled everything */
+        return;
     case FREQ_CNTR_EVAL:
     case VGA_SCRATCH1 ... VGA_SCRATCH8:
     case RNG_DATA:
-    case SILICON_REV:
     case FREE_CNTR4:
     case FREE_CNTR4_EXT:
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
diff --git a/include/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.h b/include/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.h
index f662c38188f4f8ef63f3c4ef646786b1115a99a9..38996adc59feb430d0e5af3cb627333e7d9f8e6b 100644
--- a/include/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.h
+++ b/include/hw/misc/aspeed_scu.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ typedef struct AspeedSCUState {
 #define AST2500_A0_SILICON_REV   0x04000303U
 #define AST2500_A1_SILICON_REV   0x04010303U
 
+#define ASPEED_IS_AST2500(si_rev)     ((((si_rev) >> 24) & 0xff) == 0x04)
+
 extern bool is_supported_silicon_rev(uint32_t silicon_rev);
 
 #define ASPEED_SCU_PROT_KEY      0x1688A8A8