diff --git a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
index cb36dc2d0c..282341ac1b 100644
--- a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static void fw_cfg_machine_ready(struct Notifier *n, void *data)
 {
     size_t len;
     FWCfgState *s = container_of(n, FWCfgState, machine_ready);
-    char *bootindex = get_boot_devices_list(&len);
+    char *bootindex = get_boot_devices_list(&len, false);
 
     fw_cfg_add_file(s, "bootorder", (uint8_t*)bootindex, len);
 }
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index c01304d39a..3915ce3204 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void rtc_change_mon_event(struct tm *tm);
 
 void add_boot_device_path(int32_t bootindex, DeviceState *dev,
                           const char *suffix);
-char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size);
+char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size, bool ignore_suffixes);
 
 DeviceState *get_boot_device(uint32_t position);
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f0fe48b106..1adc8f4e40 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ DeviceState *get_boot_device(uint32_t position)
  * memory pointed by "size" is assigned total length of the array in bytes
  *
  */
-char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size)
+char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size, bool ignore_suffixes)
 {
     FWBootEntry *i;
     size_t total = 0;
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size)
             assert(devpath);
         }
 
-        if (i->suffix && devpath) {
+        if (i->suffix && !ignore_suffixes && devpath) {
             size_t bootpathlen = strlen(devpath) + strlen(i->suffix) + 1;
 
             bootpath = g_malloc(bootpathlen);
@@ -1232,9 +1232,11 @@ char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size)
             g_free(devpath);
         } else if (devpath) {
             bootpath = devpath;
-        } else {
+        } else if (!ignore_suffixes) {
             assert(i->suffix);
             bootpath = g_strdup(i->suffix);
+        } else {
+            bootpath = g_strdup("");
         }
 
         if (total) {