diff --git a/hw/pci/pci-hotplug.c b/hw/pci/pci-hotplug.c
index f38df30540fa89bbcab982d5b5804c4e2f658961..180ee07fefc74496bbb4b413f873dc9f24bff2c9 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pci-hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci-hotplug.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int scsi_hot_add(Monitor *mon, DeviceState *adapter,
     dinfo->unit = qemu_opt_get_number(dinfo->opts, "unit", -1);
     dinfo->bus = scsibus->busnr;
     scsidev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(scsibus, dinfo->bdrv, dinfo->unit,
-                                        false, -1);
+                                        false, -1, NULL);
     if (!scsidev) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/hw/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi-bus.c
index 08787c2a9bfb0d3be7bac322147e4b0db5754e4a..ac2093a5ef6707ec84d4079707caa4ff9b5ac2ac 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-bus.c
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ static int scsi_qdev_exit(DeviceState *qdev)
 
 /* handle legacy '-drive if=scsi,...' cmd line args */
 SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                                      int unit, bool removable, int bootindex)
+                                      int unit, bool removable, int bootindex,
+                                      const char *serial)
 {
     const char *driver;
     DeviceState *dev;
@@ -221,6 +222,9 @@ SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv,
     if (object_property_find(OBJECT(dev), "removable", NULL)) {
         qdev_prop_set_bit(dev, "removable", removable);
     }
+    if (serial) {
+        qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "serial", serial);
+    }
     if (qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", bdrv) < 0) {
         qdev_free(dev);
         return NULL;
@@ -243,7 +247,7 @@ int scsi_bus_legacy_handle_cmdline(SCSIBus *bus)
             continue;
         }
         qemu_opts_loc_restore(dinfo->opts);
-        if (!scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(bus, dinfo->bdrv, unit, false, -1)) {
+        if (!scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(bus, dinfo->bdrv, unit, false, -1, NULL)) {
             res = -1;
             break;
         }
diff --git a/hw/scsi.h b/hw/scsi.h
index 33e2e0bdf119dcfa56dbd9054a6d79d733ebed3d..02a1497d7ad351fc86fba51c87ae41ebd8311984 100644
--- a/hw/scsi.h
+++ b/hw/scsi.h
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ static inline SCSIBus *scsi_bus_from_device(SCSIDevice *d)
 }
 
 SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                                      int unit, bool removable, int bootindex);
+                                      int unit, bool removable, int bootindex,
+                                      const char *serial);
 int scsi_bus_legacy_handle_cmdline(SCSIBus *bus);
 
 /*
diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-storage.c b/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
index d3f01aa2a75d531570865c5d5f2db8f73cdbc6dc..21651b3637338de19f20fb14480c4a1d5e9925b2 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static int usb_msd_initfn_storage(USBDevice *dev)
     usb_desc_init(dev);
     scsi_bus_new(&s->bus, &s->dev.qdev, &usb_msd_scsi_info_storage);
     scsi_dev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(&s->bus, bs, 0, !!s->removable,
-                                            s->conf.bootindex);
+                                            s->conf.bootindex, s->serial);
     if (!scsi_dev) {
         return -1;
     }