diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index 11392a8db8..e6db6d7c15 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ typedef struct SCSIDiskState
     char *serial;
     char *vendor;
     char *product;
+    char *device_id;
     bool tray_open;
     bool tray_locked;
     /*
@@ -642,13 +643,8 @@ static int scsi_disk_emulate_vpd_page(SCSIRequest *req, uint8_t *outbuf)
 
     case 0x83: /* Device identification page, mandatory */
     {
-        const char *str = s->serial ?: blk_name(s->qdev.conf.blk);
-        int max_len = s->serial ? 20 : 255 - 8;
-        int id_len = strlen(str);
+        int id_len = s->device_id ? MIN(strlen(s->device_id), 255 - 8) : 0;
 
-        if (id_len > max_len) {
-            id_len = max_len;
-        }
         DPRINTF("Inquiry EVPD[Device identification] "
                 "buffer size %zd\n", req->cmd.xfer);
 
@@ -657,7 +653,7 @@ static int scsi_disk_emulate_vpd_page(SCSIRequest *req, uint8_t *outbuf)
             outbuf[buflen++] = 0;   /* not officially assigned */
             outbuf[buflen++] = 0;   /* reserved */
             outbuf[buflen++] = id_len; /* length of data following */
-            memcpy(outbuf + buflen, str, id_len);
+            memcpy(outbuf + buflen, s->device_id, id_len);
             buflen += id_len;
         }
 
@@ -2363,6 +2359,16 @@ static void scsi_realize(SCSIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     if (!s->vendor) {
         s->vendor = g_strdup("QEMU");
     }
+    if (!s->device_id) {
+        if (s->serial) {
+            s->device_id = g_strdup_printf("%.20s", s->serial);
+        } else {
+            const char *str = blk_name(s->qdev.conf.blk);
+            if (str && *str) {
+                s->device_id = g_strdup(str);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     if (blk_is_sg(s->qdev.conf.blk)) {
         error_setg(errp, "unwanted /dev/sg*");
@@ -2921,7 +2927,9 @@ static const TypeInfo scsi_disk_base_info = {
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("ver", SCSIDiskState, version),               \
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("serial", SCSIDiskState, serial),             \
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("vendor", SCSIDiskState, vendor),             \
-    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("product", SCSIDiskState, product)
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("product", SCSIDiskState, product),           \
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("device_id", SCSIDiskState, device_id)
+
 
 static Property scsi_hd_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_SCSI_DISK_PROPERTIES(),