diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index f3b372a18f29931027e5abbfdd07c75d86add6d1..8063241140f8483cabfa8f58984131b541c7a275 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1047,12 +1047,10 @@ static void load_linux(PCMachineState *pcms,
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SETUP_SIZE, setup_size);
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SETUP_DATA, setup, setup_size);
 
-    if (fw_cfg_dma_enabled(fw_cfg)) {
+    option_rom[nb_option_roms].bootindex = 0;
+    option_rom[nb_option_roms].name = "linuxboot.bin";
+    if (pcmc->linuxboot_dma_enabled && fw_cfg_dma_enabled(fw_cfg)) {
         option_rom[nb_option_roms].name = "linuxboot_dma.bin";
-        option_rom[nb_option_roms].bootindex = 0;
-    } else {
-        option_rom[nb_option_roms].name = "linuxboot.bin";
-        option_rom[nb_option_roms].bootindex = 0;
     }
     nb_option_roms++;
 }
@@ -2321,6 +2319,7 @@ static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
      * to be used at the moment, 32K should be enough for a while.  */
     pcmc->acpi_data_size = 0x20000 + 0x8000;
     pcmc->save_tsc_khz = true;
+    pcmc->linuxboot_dma_enabled = true;
     mc->get_hotplug_handler = pc_get_hotpug_handler;
     mc->cpu_index_to_socket_id = pc_cpu_index_to_socket_id;
     mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids = pc_possible_cpu_arch_ids;
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 9f102aa388752f7427a51b8006761907c50114e6..a11190be46de39cb684b73faaaf11609cb364dc9 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ static void pc_i440fx_2_6_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_CLASS(m);
     pc_i440fx_2_7_machine_options(m);
     pcmc->legacy_cpu_hotplug = true;
+    pcmc->linuxboot_dma_enabled = false;
     SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, PC_COMPAT_2_6);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index dd792a8547b3845aa2f7076d3d892a51352cd22b..0a61a2070c05b8e703a8307c80215f0eaf03d7ef 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ static void pc_q35_2_6_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_CLASS(m);
     pc_q35_2_7_machine_options(m);
     pcmc->legacy_cpu_hotplug = true;
+    pcmc->linuxboot_dma_enabled = false;
     SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, PC_COMPAT_2_6);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 416aaa56ead6e7e2aa0e5741995cceb5c59dd826..d0183c489032093e39cc9113f7a04e6e933da5cb 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ struct PCMachineClass {
     bool save_tsc_khz;
     /* generate legacy CPU hotplug AML */
     bool legacy_cpu_hotplug;
+
+    /* use DMA capable linuxboot option rom */
+    bool linuxboot_dma_enabled;
 };
 
 #define TYPE_PC_MACHINE "generic-pc-machine"
@@ -438,10 +441,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_6 \
     HW_COMPAT_2_6 \
     {\
-        .driver   = "fw_cfg_io",\
-        .property = "dma_enabled",\
-        .value    = "off",\
-    },{\
         .driver   = TYPE_X86_CPU,\
         .property = "cpuid-0xb",\
         .value    = "off",\