diff --git a/hw/acpi/pcihp.c b/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
index c420a388ea..9db3c2eaf2 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void pci_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
                       addr, data);
         break;
     case PCI_SEL_BASE:
-        s->hotplug_select = data;
+        s->hotplug_select = s->legacy_piix ? ACPI_PCIHP_BSEL_DEFAULT : data;
         ACPI_PCIHP_DPRINTF("pcisel write %" HWADDR_PRIx " <== %" PRIu64 "\n",
                       addr, data);
     default: