diff --git a/hw/cirrus_vga.c b/hw/cirrus_vga.c
index 9dfe76a49b..f4c9cdf8a6 100644
--- a/hw/cirrus_vga.c
+++ b/hw/cirrus_vga.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "console.h"
 #include "vga_int.h"
 #include "kvm.h"
+#include "loader.h"
 
 /*
  * TODO:
@@ -3162,6 +3163,7 @@ void isa_cirrus_vga_init(void)
                                      s->vga.screen_dump, s->vga.text_update,
                                      &s->vga);
     vmstate_register(0, &vmstate_cirrus_vga, s);
+    rom_add_vga(VGABIOS_CIRRUS_FILENAME);
     /* XXX ISA-LFB support */
 }
 
@@ -3245,7 +3247,9 @@ static int pci_cirrus_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
                           PCI_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEM, cirrus_pci_mmio_map);
      }
      vmstate_register(0, &vmstate_pci_cirrus_vga, d);
-     /* XXX: ROM BIOS */
+
+     /* ROM BIOS */
+     rom_add_vga(VGABIOS_CIRRUS_FILENAME);
      return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/pc.c b/hw/pc.c
index c7b8c50190..42f7de8c88 100644
--- a/hw/pc.c
+++ b/hw/pc.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 //#define DEBUG_MULTIBOOT
 
 #define BIOS_FILENAME "bios.bin"
-#define VGABIOS_FILENAME "vgabios.bin"
-#define VGABIOS_CIRRUS_FILENAME "vgabios-cirrus.bin"
 
 #define PC_MAX_BIOS_SIZE (4 * 1024 * 1024)
 
@@ -1050,7 +1048,6 @@ static void pc_init1(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     IsaIrqState *isa_irq_state;
     DriveInfo *hd[MAX_IDE_BUS * MAX_IDE_DEVS];
     DriveInfo *fd[MAX_FD];
-    int using_vga = cirrus_vga_enabled || std_vga_enabled || vmsvga_enabled;
     void *fw_cfg;
 
     if (ram_size >= 0xe0000000 ) {
@@ -1141,15 +1138,6 @@ static void pc_init1(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     option_rom_offset = qemu_ram_alloc(PC_ROM_SIZE);
     cpu_register_physical_memory(PC_ROM_MIN_VGA, PC_ROM_SIZE, option_rom_offset);
 
-    if (using_vga) {
-        /* VGA BIOS load */
-        if (cirrus_vga_enabled) {
-            rom_add_vga(VGABIOS_CIRRUS_FILENAME);
-        } else {
-            rom_add_vga(VGABIOS_FILENAME);
-        }
-    }
-
     /* map all the bios at the top of memory */
     cpu_register_physical_memory((uint32_t)(-bios_size),
                                  bios_size, bios_offset | IO_MEM_ROM);
diff --git a/hw/vga-isa.c b/hw/vga-isa.c
index 801121ae55..5f29904133 100644
--- a/hw/vga-isa.c
+++ b/hw/vga-isa.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "vga_int.h"
 #include "pixel_ops.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
+#include "loader.h"
 
 int isa_vga_init(void)
 {
@@ -46,5 +47,7 @@ int isa_vga_init(void)
     cpu_register_physical_memory(VBE_DISPI_LFB_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS,
                                  VGA_RAM_SIZE, s->vram_offset);
 #endif
+    /* ROM BIOS */
+    rom_add_vga(VGABIOS_FILENAME);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/hw/vga-pci.c b/hw/vga-pci.c
index 1edfdeefed..a8ec729e71 100644
--- a/hw/vga-pci.c
+++ b/hw/vga-pci.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "vga_int.h"
 #include "pixel_ops.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
+#include "loader.h"
 
 typedef struct PCIVGAState {
     PCIDevice dev;
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ static int pci_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
         pci_register_bar(&d->dev, PCI_ROM_SLOT, bios_total_size,
                          PCI_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEM_PREFETCH, vga_map);
      }
+
+     /* ROM BIOS */
+     rom_add_vga(VGABIOS_FILENAME);
      return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/vga_int.h b/hw/vga_int.h
index e2b99893b1..e70032cf20 100644
--- a/hw/vga_int.h
+++ b/hw/vga_int.h
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ extern const uint8_t sr_mask[8];
 extern const uint8_t gr_mask[16];
 
 #define VGA_RAM_SIZE (8192 * 1024)
+#define VGABIOS_FILENAME "vgabios.bin"
+#define VGABIOS_CIRRUS_FILENAME "vgabios-cirrus.bin"
 
 extern CPUReadMemoryFunc * const vga_mem_read[3];
 extern CPUWriteMemoryFunc * const vga_mem_write[3];