diff --git a/bootdevice.c b/bootdevice.c
index 7167fbcfe676308aace7264f13f4125b88ad3256..aac0ffbcefcb2788b1f4caeeebb215ad550b1c52 100644
--- a/bootdevice.c
+++ b/bootdevice.c
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ void add_boot_device_path(int32_t bootindex, DeviceState *dev,
 
     assert(dev != NULL || suffix != NULL);
 
+    del_boot_device_path(dev, suffix);
+
     node = g_malloc0(sizeof(FWBootEntry));
     node->bootindex = bootindex;
     node->suffix = g_strdup(suffix);