diff --git a/hw/pci-hotplug.c b/hw/pci-hotplug.c
index b59be2a5997cf3d63711d25e2a57c918661b58ca..12f61fea6e2398834b843df97c152faf82e44472 100644
--- a/hw/pci-hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/pci-hotplug.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ 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);
+    scsidev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(scsibus, dinfo->bdrv, dinfo->unit,
+                                        false, -1);
     if (!scsidev) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/hw/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi-bus.c
index 3a2a7bb72c6d2e6358a26241b8b4dae52781a605..2feeaa2998a33e01597c45ee6814916affae3e62 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-bus.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void scsi_qdev_register(SCSIDeviceInfo *info)
 
 /* handle legacy '-drive if=scsi,...' cmd line args */
 SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                                      int unit, bool removable)
+                                      int unit, bool removable, int bootindex)
 {
     const char *driver;
     DeviceState *dev;
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv,
     driver = bdrv_is_sg(bdrv) ? "scsi-generic" : "scsi-disk";
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->qbus, driver);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "scsi-id", unit);
+    if (bootindex >= 0) {
+        qdev_prop_set_int32(dev, "bootindex", bootindex);
+    }
     if (qdev_prop_exists(dev, "removable")) {
         qdev_prop_set_bit(dev, "removable", removable);
     }
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ 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)) {
+        if (!scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(bus, dinfo->bdrv, unit, false, -1)) {
             res = -1;
             break;
         }
diff --git a/hw/scsi.h b/hw/scsi.h
index 61c64d5c72e49e68cb152d0404208a34f9d2f63c..ab6e9523278fb68cd13f28a0404bc68a7cd89a18 100644
--- a/hw/scsi.h
+++ b/hw/scsi.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static inline SCSIBus *scsi_bus_from_device(SCSIDevice *d)
 }
 
 SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                                      int unit, bool removable);
+                                      int unit, bool removable, int bootindex);
 int scsi_bus_legacy_handle_cmdline(SCSIBus *bus);
 
 /*
diff --git a/hw/usb-msd.c b/hw/usb-msd.c
index 68e3756783a1e9d1e05c55943137f9ce274f4514..4c069501253ddcb9c35f0b50a9903843da51ac6c 100644
--- a/hw/usb-msd.c
+++ b/hw/usb-msd.c
@@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ static int usb_msd_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
 
     usb_desc_init(dev);
     scsi_bus_new(&s->bus, &s->dev.qdev, &usb_msd_scsi_info);
-    s->scsi_dev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(&s->bus, bs, 0, !!s->removable);
+    s->scsi_dev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(&s->bus, bs, 0, !!s->removable,
+                                            s->conf.bootindex);
     if (!s->scsi_dev) {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -562,7 +563,6 @@ static int usb_msd_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
         }
     }
 
-    add_boot_device_path(s->conf.bootindex, &dev->qdev, "/disk@0,0");
     return 0;
 }