diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
index 236e2c937f734669f0c6d47449e32efae92e667c..9a73820fd1f18774f7299c4b075b97b39bcf6e13 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ static uint64_t s390_update_iplstate(S390IPLState *ipl)
             ipl->cssid = ccw_dev->sch->cssid;
             ipl->ssid = ccw_dev->sch->ssid;
             ipl->devno = ccw_dev->sch->devno;
+            ipl->iplb.len = cpu_to_be32(S390_IPLB_MIN_CCW_LEN);
+            ipl->iplb.blk0_len =
+                cpu_to_be32(S390_IPLB_MIN_CCW_LEN - S390_IPLB_HEADER_LEN);
+            ipl->iplb.pbt = S390_IPL_TYPE_CCW;
+            ipl->iplb.ccw.devno = cpu_to_be16(ccw_dev->sch->devno);
+            ipl->iplb_valid = true;
             goto out;
         }
     }
@@ -292,6 +298,7 @@ static void s390_ipl_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 
     if (!ipl->reipl_requested) {
         ipl->iplb_valid = false;
+        memset(&ipl->iplb, 0, sizeof(IplParameterBlock));
     }
     ipl->reipl_requested = false;
 }
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.h b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
index 08f1d5c385e2a568e1a9ebfb407239c17a5d7b28..0b7f6cbecb5e195248902c50423065eec04f9c8d 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ typedef struct S390IPLState S390IPLState;
 #define S390_IPL_TYPE_FCP 0x00
 #define S390_IPL_TYPE_CCW 0x02
 
+#define S390_IPLB_HEADER_LEN 8
 #define S390_IPLB_MIN_CCW_LEN 200
 #define S390_IPLB_MIN_FCP_LEN 384