diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
index 920939454e..04811279a0 100644
--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
         header = (struct smbios_structure_header *)(smbios_tables +
                                                     smbios_tables_len);
 
-        if (load_image(val, (uint8_t *)header) != size) {
+        if (load_image_size(val, (uint8_t *)header, size) != size) {
             error_setg(errp, "Failed to load SMBIOS file %s", val);
             return;
         }