diff --git a/bootdevice.c b/bootdevice.c
index bc5e1c2de4..2cf6b37c57 100644
--- a/bootdevice.c
+++ b/bootdevice.c
@@ -202,6 +202,39 @@ DeviceState *get_boot_device(uint32_t position)
     return res;
 }
 
+static char *get_boot_device_path(DeviceState *dev, bool ignore_suffixes,
+                                  const char *suffix)
+{
+    char *devpath = NULL, *s = NULL, *d, *bootpath;
+
+    if (dev) {
+        devpath = qdev_get_fw_dev_path(dev);
+        assert(devpath);
+    }
+
+    if (!ignore_suffixes) {
+        if (dev) {
+            d = qdev_get_own_fw_dev_path_from_handler(dev->parent_bus, dev);
+            if (d) {
+                assert(!suffix);
+                s = d;
+            } else {
+                s = g_strdup(suffix);
+            }
+        } else {
+            s = g_strdup(suffix);
+        }
+    }
+
+    bootpath = g_strdup_printf("%s%s",
+                               devpath ? devpath : "",
+                               s ? s : "");
+    g_free(devpath);
+    g_free(s);
+
+    return bootpath;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function returns null terminated string that consist of new line
  * separated device paths.
@@ -218,36 +251,10 @@ char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size)
     bool ignore_suffixes = mc->ignore_boot_device_suffixes;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(i, &fw_boot_order, link) {
-        char *devpath = NULL,  *suffix = NULL;
         char *bootpath;
-        char *d;
         size_t len;
 
-        if (i->dev) {
-            devpath = qdev_get_fw_dev_path(i->dev);
-            assert(devpath);
-        }
-
-        if (!ignore_suffixes) {
-            if (i->dev) {
-                d = qdev_get_own_fw_dev_path_from_handler(i->dev->parent_bus,
-                                                          i->dev);
-                if (d) {
-                    assert(!i->suffix);
-                    suffix = d;
-                } else {
-                    suffix = g_strdup(i->suffix);
-                }
-            } else {
-                suffix = g_strdup(i->suffix);
-            }
-        }
-
-        bootpath = g_strdup_printf("%s%s",
-                                   devpath ? devpath : "",
-                                   suffix ? suffix : "");
-        g_free(devpath);
-        g_free(suffix);
+        bootpath = get_boot_device_path(i->dev, ignore_suffixes, i->suffix);
 
         if (total) {
             list[total-1] = '\n';