diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 6620d29..e1fd937 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -232,6 +232,15 @@ static int s390_virtio_scsi_init(VirtIOS390Device *s390_dev)
 {
     VirtIOSCSIS390 *dev = VIRTIO_SCSI_S390(s390_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
+    DeviceState *qdev = DEVICE(s390_dev);
+
+    /*
+     * For command line compatibility, this set the virtio-scsi-device bus
+     * name as before.
+     */
+    if (qdev->id) {
+        set_virtio_scsi_bus_name(vdev, qdev->id);
+    }
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&s390_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index daa94d6..9d69df5 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -677,6 +677,15 @@ static int virtio_ccw_scsi_init(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev)
 {
     VirtIOSCSICcw *dev = VIRTIO_SCSI_CCW(ccw_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
+    DeviceState *qdev = DEVICE(ccw_dev);
+
+    /*
+     * For command line compatibility, this set the virtio-scsi-device bus
+     * name as before.
+     */
+    if (qdev->id) {
+        set_virtio_scsi_bus_name(vdev, qdev->id);
+    }
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&ccw_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index 84b3ac7..fc27131 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -587,6 +587,15 @@ static struct SCSIBusInfo virtio_scsi_scsi_info = {
     .load_request = virtio_scsi_load_request,
 };
 
+void set_virtio_scsi_bus_name(DeviceState *dev, const char *bus_name)
+{
+    VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(dev);
+    if (bus_name) {
+        vs->bus_name = g_malloc(strlen(bus_name) + 3);
+        snprintf(vs->bus_name, strlen(bus_name) + 3, "%s.0", bus_name);
+    }
+}
+
 int virtio_scsi_common_init(VirtIOSCSICommon *s)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(s);
@@ -624,7 +633,7 @@ static int virtio_scsi_device_init(VirtIODevice *vdev)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    scsi_bus_new(&s->bus, qdev, &virtio_scsi_scsi_info);
+    scsi_named_bus_new(&s->bus, qdev, &virtio_scsi_scsi_info, vs->bus_name);
     if (!qdev->hotplugged) {
         scsi_bus_legacy_handle_cmdline(&s->bus);
     }
@@ -639,6 +648,9 @@ int virtio_scsi_common_exit(VirtIOSCSICommon *vs)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(vs);
 
+    if (vs->bus_name) {
+        g_free(vs->bus_name);
+    }
     g_free(vs->cmd_vqs);
     virtio_cleanup(vdev);
     return 0;
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 598876f..14fb8dd 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1106,11 +1106,20 @@ static int virtio_scsi_pci_init_pci(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
     VirtIOSCSIPCI *dev = VIRTIO_SCSI_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
     VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(vdev);
+    DeviceState *proxy = DEVICE(vpci_dev);
 
     if (vpci_dev->nvectors == DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED) {
         vpci_dev->nvectors = vs->conf.num_queues + 3;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * For command line compatibility, this set the virtio-scsi-device bus
+     * name as before.
+     */
+    if (proxy->id) {
+        set_virtio_scsi_bus_name(vdev, proxy->id);
+    }
+
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
index 4db346b..c356d54 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ typedef struct VirtIOSCSICommon {
     VirtQueue *ctrl_vq;
     VirtQueue *event_vq;
     VirtQueue **cmd_vqs;
+
+    /* bus_name, for command line compatibility */
+    char *bus_name;
 } VirtIOSCSICommon;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -189,5 +192,9 @@ typedef struct {
 int virtio_scsi_common_init(VirtIOSCSICommon *vs);
 int virtio_scsi_common_exit(VirtIOSCSICommon *vs);
 
+/*
+ * For command line back compatibility, set the bus name before initialisation.
+ */
+void set_virtio_scsi_bus_name(DeviceState *dev, const char *bus_name);
 
 #endif /* _QEMU_VIRTIO_SCSI_H */
