diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index 59e8f90b96..e7b1cf6730 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv,
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->qbus, driver);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "scsi-id", unit);
     if (bootindex >= 0) {
-        qdev_prop_set_int32(dev, "bootindex", bootindex);
+        object_property_set_int(OBJECT(dev), bootindex, "bootindex",
+                                &error_abort);
     }
     if (object_property_find(OBJECT(dev), "removable", NULL)) {
         qdev_prop_set_bit(dev, "removable", removable);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index 7a7938a5bf..9cd3445fe9 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -2662,7 +2662,6 @@ static const TypeInfo scsi_cd_info = {
 #ifdef __linux__
 static Property scsi_block_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf.bs),
-    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf.bootindex, -1),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
index 01bca084e6..03b980c44d 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static SCSIRequest *scsi_new_request(SCSIDevice *d, uint32_t tag, uint32_t lun,
 
 static Property scsi_generic_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", SCSIDevice, conf.bs),
-    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", SCSIDevice, conf.bootindex, -1),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/block/block.h b/include/hw/block/block.h
index 3a0148848b..867a226643 100644
--- a/include/hw/block/block.h
+++ b/include/hw/block/block.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_physical_block_exp(BlockConf *conf)
                           _conf.physical_block_size, 512),              \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),  \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("opt_io_size", _state, _conf.opt_io_size, 0),    \
-    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", _state, _conf.bootindex, -1),        \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("discard_granularity", _state, \
                        _conf.discard_granularity, -1)