diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index 105b990233..756deb91ef 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
     AspeedSoCClass *sc;
     int i;
+    DriveInfo *emmc0 = NULL;
 
     bmc->soc = ASPEED_SOC(object_new(amc->soc_name));
     object_property_add_child(OBJECT(machine), "soc", OBJECT(bmc->soc));
@@ -440,9 +441,8 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     if (bmc->soc->emmc.num_slots) {
-        sdhci_attach_drive(&bmc->soc->emmc.slots[0],
-                           drive_get(IF_SD, 0, bmc->soc->sdhci.num_slots),
-                           true);
+        emmc0 = drive_get(IF_SD, 0, bmc->soc->sdhci.num_slots);
+        sdhci_attach_drive(&bmc->soc->emmc.slots[0], emmc0, true);
     }
 
     if (!bmc->mmio_exec) {
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
         if (fmc0) {
             uint64_t rom_size = memory_region_size(&bmc->soc->spi_boot);
             aspeed_install_boot_rom(bmc, fmc0, rom_size);
+        } else if (emmc0) {
+            aspeed_install_boot_rom(bmc, blk_by_legacy_dinfo(emmc0), 64 * KiB);
         }
     }