diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 43647a7a55041ad902393ca85e7a3a4b3217c088..1d38a8f5c5f3b32b1a1003ef71417954f41f87a4 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ static TypeInfo s390_virtio_net = {
 static Property s390_virtio_blk_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_BLOCK_PROPERTIES(VirtIOS390Device, blk.conf),
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("serial", VirtIOS390Device, blk.serial),
+#ifdef __linux__
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("scsi", VirtIOS390Device, blk.scsi, 0, true),
+#endif
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index 960b9cfe3f589907b34a5476e9858a915f8f8e94..9f605d37cbbcd32c7bd056982ca65ce8682edba1 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_handle_scsi(VirtIOBlockReq *req)
      */
     req->scsi = (void *)req->elem.in_sg[req->elem.in_num - 2].iov_base;
 
-    if ((req->dev->vdev.guest_features & (1 << VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI)) == 0) {
+    if (!req->dev->blk->scsi) {
         status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ static uint32_t virtio_blk_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t features)
     features |= (1 << VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY);
     features |= (1 << VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY);
     features |= (1 << VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE);
+    features |= (1 << VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI);
 
     if (bdrv_enable_write_cache(s->bs))
         features |= (1 << VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCACHE);
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.h b/hw/virtio-blk.h
index 70564a188a3456ad901c6ead904cceb9d4769e85..d7850012bd023409628a55d9ef03fd45e6427744 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.h
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.h
@@ -101,15 +101,10 @@ struct VirtIOBlkConf
 {
     BlockConf conf;
     char *serial;
+    uint32_t scsi;
 };
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-#define DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_FEATURES(_state, _field) \
-        DEFINE_VIRTIO_COMMON_FEATURES(_state, _field), \
-        DEFINE_PROP_BIT("scsi", _state, _field, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI, true)
-#else
 #define DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_FEATURES(_state, _field) \
         DEFINE_VIRTIO_COMMON_FEATURES(_state, _field)
-#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio-pci.c
index a20c3cf6f235672bda30d7415e456491b0760d32..79b86f1aada448613e9ace9b738f9eff689dbc92 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-pci.c
@@ -814,6 +814,9 @@ static Property virtio_blk_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_HEX32("class", VirtIOPCIProxy, class_code, 0),
     DEFINE_BLOCK_PROPERTIES(VirtIOPCIProxy, blk.conf),
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("serial", VirtIOPCIProxy, blk.serial),
+#ifdef __linux__
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("scsi", VirtIOPCIProxy, blk.scsi, 0, true),
+#endif
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("ioeventfd", VirtIOPCIProxy, flags, VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_USE_IOEVENTFD_BIT, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors, 2),
     DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_FEATURES(VirtIOPCIProxy, host_features),