diff --git a/hw/mips/boston.c b/hw/mips/boston.c
index d2ab9da1a0..cab63f43bf 100644
--- a/hw/mips/boston.c
+++ b/hw/mips/boston.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "sysemu/reset.h"
 
 #include <libfdt.h>
 #include "qom/object.h"
@@ -810,6 +811,8 @@ static void boston_mach_init(MachineState *machine)
             /* Calculate real fdt size after filter */
             dt_size = fdt_totalsize(dtb_load_data);
             rom_add_blob_fixed("dtb", dtb_load_data, dt_size, dtb_paddr);
+            qemu_register_reset_nosnapshotload(qemu_fdt_randomize_seeds,
+                                rom_ptr(dtb_paddr, dt_size));
         } else {
             /* Try to load file as FIT */
             fit_err = load_fit(&boston_fit_loader, machine->kernel_filename, s);