diff --git a/bootdevice.c b/bootdevice.c
index 1141009114..1d225202f9 100644
--- a/bootdevice.c
+++ b/bootdevice.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 
 typedef struct FWBootEntry FWBootEntry;
 
@@ -208,11 +209,13 @@ 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, bool ignore_suffixes)
+char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size)
 {
     FWBootEntry *i;
     size_t total = 0;
     char *list = NULL;
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(qdev_get_machine());
+    bool ignore_suffixes = mc->ignore_boot_device_suffixes;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(i, &fw_boot_order, link) {
         char *devpath = NULL,  *suffix = NULL;
diff --git a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
index b23e7f64a8..d79a568f54 100644
--- a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ static void fw_cfg_machine_reset(void *opaque)
     void *ptr;
     size_t len;
     FWCfgState *s = opaque;
-    char *bootindex = get_boot_devices_list(&len, false);
+    char *bootindex = get_boot_devices_list(&len);
 
     ptr = fw_cfg_modify_file(s, "bootorder", (uint8_t *)bootindex, len);
     g_free(ptr);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 421b2dd09b..e5d825374e 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static void spapr_dt_chosen(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, void *fdt)
     const char *boot_device = machine->boot_order;
     char *stdout_path = spapr_vio_stdout_path(spapr->vio_bus);
     size_t cb = 0;
-    char *bootlist = get_boot_devices_list(&cb, true);
+    char *bootlist = get_boot_devices_list(&cb);
 
     _FDT(chosen = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, "chosen"));
 
@@ -3949,6 +3949,7 @@ static void spapr_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     InterruptStatsProviderClass *ispc = INTERRUPT_STATS_PROVIDER_CLASS(oc);
 
     mc->desc = "pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant)";
+    mc->ignore_boot_device_suffixes = true;
 
     /*
      * We set up the default / latest behaviour here.  The class_init
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index d139a431a6..f82f28468b 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ struct MachineClass {
     bool auto_enable_numa_with_memhp;
     void (*numa_auto_assign_ram)(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
                                  int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size);
+    bool ignore_boot_device_suffixes;
 
     HotplugHandler *(*get_hotplug_handler)(MachineState *machine,
                                            DeviceState *dev);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 76ef6196a7..8d6095d98b 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void hmp_info_usb(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 
 void add_boot_device_path(int32_t bootindex, DeviceState *dev,
                           const char *suffix);
-char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size, bool ignore_suffixes);
+char *get_boot_devices_list(size_t *size);
 
 DeviceState *get_boot_device(uint32_t position);
 void check_boot_index(int32_t bootindex, Error **errp);