diff --git a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
index e7ed27e242..a7122ee56b 100644
--- a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ void *fw_cfg_modify_file(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
                         void *data, size_t len)
 {
     int i, index;
+    void *ptr = NULL;
 
     assert(s->files);
 
@@ -531,8 +532,10 @@ void *fw_cfg_modify_file(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
 
     for (i = 0; i < index; i++) {
         if (strcmp(filename, s->files->f[i].name) == 0) {
-            return fw_cfg_modify_bytes_read(s, FW_CFG_FILE_FIRST + i,
-                                     data, len);
+            ptr = fw_cfg_modify_bytes_read(s, FW_CFG_FILE_FIRST + i,
+                                           data, len);
+            s->files->f[i].size   = cpu_to_be32(len);
+            return ptr;
         }
     }
     /* add new one */