diff --git a/hw/net/spapr_llan.c b/hw/net/spapr_llan.c
index f6fbcb56bf84f5f14fa31b3191368b1adabbf535..c433337b6733e7037d5117a770c5bca489349bd8 100644
--- a/hw/net/spapr_llan.c
+++ b/hw/net/spapr_llan.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_vio.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 
 #include <libfdt.h>
 
@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ static int spapr_vlan_init(VIOsPAPRDevice *sdev)
                             object_get_typename(OBJECT(sdev)), sdev->qdev.id, dev);
     qemu_format_nic_info_str(qemu_get_queue(dev->nic), dev->nicconf.macaddr.a);
 
+    add_boot_device_path(dev->nicconf.bootindex, DEVICE(dev), "");
+
     return 0;
 }