diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index 9e40b0c920..53eff5dd3d 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockBackend *blk,
     DeviceState *dev;
     SCSIDevice *s;
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (blk_is_sg(blk)) {
         driver = "scsi-generic";
@@ -403,6 +404,14 @@ SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockBackend *blk,
     s = SCSI_DEVICE(dev);
     s->conf = *conf;
 
+    check_boot_index(conf->bootindex, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    add_boot_device_path(conf->bootindex, dev, NULL);
+
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "scsi-id", unit);
     if (object_property_find(OBJECT(dev), "removable")) {
         qdev_prop_set_bit(dev, "removable", removable);