diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c b/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
index 08e6f620fc..e135385265 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
     MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *bios = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *bios2 = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
+    ESPState *esp;
 
     /* init CPUs */
     cpu = MIPS_CPU(cpu_create(machine->cpu_type));
@@ -277,9 +278,9 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
     }
 
     /* SCSI adapter */
-    esp_init(0x80002000, 0,
-             rc4030_dma_read, rc4030_dma_write, dmas[0],
-             qdev_get_gpio_in(rc4030, 5), &esp_reset, &dma_enable);
+    esp = esp_init(0x80002000, 0, rc4030_dma_read, rc4030_dma_write, dmas[0],
+                   qdev_get_gpio_in(rc4030, 5), &esp_reset, &dma_enable);
+    scsi_bus_legacy_handle_cmdline(&esp->bus);
 
     /* Floppy */
     for (n = 0; n < MAX_FD; n++) {
diff --git a/hw/scsi/esp.c b/hw/scsi/esp.c
index 45975c21e8..64ec285826 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/esp.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/esp.c
@@ -618,11 +618,11 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps sysbus_esp_mem_ops = {
     .valid.accepts = esp_mem_accepts,
 };
 
-void esp_init(hwaddr espaddr, int it_shift,
-              ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_read,
-              ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_write,
-              void *dma_opaque, qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq *reset,
-              qemu_irq *dma_enable)
+ESPState *esp_init(hwaddr espaddr, int it_shift,
+                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_read,
+                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_write,
+                   void *dma_opaque, qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq *reset,
+                   qemu_irq *dma_enable)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
     SysBusDevice *s;
@@ -644,6 +644,8 @@ void esp_init(hwaddr espaddr, int it_shift,
     sysbus_mmio_map(s, 0, espaddr);
     *reset = qdev_get_gpio_in(dev, 0);
     *dma_enable = qdev_get_gpio_in(dev, 1);
+
+    return esp;
 }
 
 static const struct SCSIBusInfo esp_scsi_info = {
diff --git a/include/hw/scsi/esp.h b/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
index 3b160f858c..93fdaced67 100644
--- a/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
+++ b/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
 /* esp.c */
 #define ESP_MAX_DEVS 7
 typedef void (*ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int len);
-void esp_init(hwaddr espaddr, int it_shift,
-              ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_read,
-              ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_write,
-              void *dma_opaque, qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq *reset,
-              qemu_irq *dma_enable);
 
 #define ESP_REGS 16
 #define TI_BUFSZ 16
@@ -136,6 +131,11 @@ typedef struct {
 #define TCHI_FAS100A 0x4
 #define TCHI_AM53C974 0x12
 
+ESPState *esp_init(hwaddr espaddr, int it_shift,
+                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_read,
+                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_write,
+                   void *dma_opaque, qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq *reset,
+                   qemu_irq *dma_enable);
 void esp_dma_enable(ESPState *s, int irq, int level);
 void esp_request_cancelled(SCSIRequest *req);
 void esp_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status, size_t resid);