diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index a8f5c14ae5..9939559f6d 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct AspeedMachineState {
     uint32_t uart_chosen;
     char *fmc_model;
     char *spi_model;
+    uint32_t hw_strap1;
 };
 
 /* On 32-bit hosts, lower RAM to 1G because of the 2047 MB limit */
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
         }
     }
 
-    object_property_set_int(OBJECT(bmc->soc), "hw-strap1", amc->hw_strap1,
+    object_property_set_int(OBJECT(bmc->soc), "hw-strap1", bmc->hw_strap1,
                             &error_abort);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(bmc->soc), "hw-strap2", amc->hw_strap2,
                             &error_abort);
@@ -1077,7 +1078,10 @@ static void aspeed_set_mmio_exec(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
 
 static void aspeed_machine_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
+    AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(obj);
+
     ASPEED_MACHINE(obj)->mmio_exec = false;
+    ASPEED_MACHINE(obj)->hw_strap1 = amc->hw_strap1;
 }
 
 static char *aspeed_get_fmc_model(Object *obj, Error **errp)