diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
index 1bae36a6e0..db422f4fb0 100644
--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ static size_t smbios_entries_len;
 static bool smbios_uuid_encoded = true;
 /* end: legacy structures & constants for <= 2.0 machines */
 
+/*
+ * SMBIOS tables provided by user with '-smbios file=<foo>' option
+ */
+uint8_t *usr_blobs;
+size_t usr_blobs_len;
+static GArray *usr_blobs_sizes;
+static unsigned usr_table_max;
+static unsigned usr_table_cnt;
 
 uint8_t *smbios_tables;
 size_t smbios_tables_len;
@@ -67,7 +75,6 @@ static SmbiosEntryPointType smbios_ep_type = SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_32;
 static SmbiosEntryPoint ep;
 
 static int smbios_type4_count = 0;
-static bool smbios_immutable;
 static bool smbios_have_defaults;
 static uint32_t smbios_cpuid_version, smbios_cpuid_features;
 
@@ -632,9 +639,8 @@ static void smbios_build_type_1_fields(void)
 
 uint8_t *smbios_get_table_legacy(uint32_t expected_t4_count, size_t *length)
 {
-    /* drop unwanted version of command-line file blob(s) */
-    g_free(smbios_tables);
-    smbios_tables = NULL;
+    int i;
+    size_t usr_offset;
 
     /* also complain if fields were given for types > 1 */
     if (find_next_bit(have_fields_bitmap,
@@ -644,12 +650,33 @@ uint8_t *smbios_get_table_legacy(uint32_t expected_t4_count, size_t *length)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (!smbios_immutable) {
-        smbios_build_type_0_fields();
-        smbios_build_type_1_fields();
-        smbios_validate_table(expected_t4_count);
-        smbios_immutable = true;
+    g_free(smbios_entries);
+    smbios_entries_len = sizeof(uint16_t);
+    smbios_entries = g_malloc0(smbios_entries_len);
+
+    for (i = 0, usr_offset = 0; usr_blobs_sizes && i < usr_blobs_sizes->len;
+         i++)
+    {
+        struct smbios_table *table;
+        struct smbios_structure_header *header;
+        size_t size = g_array_index(usr_blobs_sizes, size_t, i);
+
+        header = (struct smbios_structure_header *)(usr_blobs + usr_offset);
+        smbios_entries = g_realloc(smbios_entries, smbios_entries_len +
+                                                   size + sizeof(*table));
+        table = (struct smbios_table *)(smbios_entries + smbios_entries_len);
+        table->header.type = SMBIOS_TABLE_ENTRY;
+        table->header.length = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*table) + size);
+        memcpy(table->data, header, size);
+        smbios_entries_len += sizeof(*table) + size;
+        (*(uint16_t *)smbios_entries) =
+            cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(*(uint16_t *)smbios_entries) + 1);
+        usr_offset += size;
     }
+
+    smbios_build_type_0_fields();
+    smbios_build_type_1_fields();
+    smbios_validate_table(expected_t4_count);
     *length = smbios_entries_len;
     return smbios_entries;
 }
@@ -1217,68 +1244,68 @@ void smbios_get_tables(MachineState *ms,
 {
     unsigned i, dimm_cnt, offset;
 
-    /* drop unwanted (legacy) version of command-line file blob(s) */
-    g_free(smbios_entries);
-    smbios_entries = NULL;
+    g_free(smbios_tables);
+    smbios_tables = g_memdup2(usr_blobs, usr_blobs_len);
+    smbios_tables_len = usr_blobs_len;
+    smbios_table_max = usr_table_max;
+    smbios_table_cnt = usr_table_cnt;
 
-    if (!smbios_immutable) {
-        smbios_build_type_0_table();
-        smbios_build_type_1_table();
-        smbios_build_type_2_table();
-        smbios_build_type_3_table();
+    smbios_build_type_0_table();
+    smbios_build_type_1_table();
+    smbios_build_type_2_table();
+    smbios_build_type_3_table();
 
-        assert(ms->smp.sockets >= 1);
+    assert(ms->smp.sockets >= 1);
 
-        for (i = 0; i < ms->smp.sockets; i++) {
-            smbios_build_type_4_table(ms, i);
-        }
+    for (i = 0; i < ms->smp.sockets; i++) {
+        smbios_build_type_4_table(ms, i);
+    }
 
-        smbios_build_type_8_table();
-        smbios_build_type_9_table(errp);
-        smbios_build_type_11_table();
+    smbios_build_type_8_table();
+    smbios_build_type_9_table(errp);
+    smbios_build_type_11_table();
 
 #define MAX_DIMM_SZ (16 * GiB)
 #define GET_DIMM_SZ ((i < dimm_cnt - 1) ? MAX_DIMM_SZ \
                                         : ((current_machine->ram_size - 1) % MAX_DIMM_SZ) + 1)
 
-        dimm_cnt = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(current_machine->ram_size, MAX_DIMM_SZ) / MAX_DIMM_SZ;
+    dimm_cnt = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(current_machine->ram_size, MAX_DIMM_SZ) /
+               MAX_DIMM_SZ;
 
-        /*
-         * The offset determines if we need to keep additional space between
-         * table 17 and table 19 header handle numbers so that they do
-         * not overlap. For example, for a VM with larger than 8 TB guest
-         * memory and DIMM like chunks of 16 GiB, the default space between
-         * the two tables (T19_BASE - T17_BASE = 512) is not enough.
-         */
-        offset = (dimm_cnt > (T19_BASE - T17_BASE)) ? \
-                 dimm_cnt - (T19_BASE - T17_BASE) : 0;
+    /*
+     * The offset determines if we need to keep additional space between
+     * table 17 and table 19 header handle numbers so that they do
+     * not overlap. For example, for a VM with larger than 8 TB guest
+     * memory and DIMM like chunks of 16 GiB, the default space between
+     * the two tables (T19_BASE - T17_BASE = 512) is not enough.
+     */
+    offset = (dimm_cnt > (T19_BASE - T17_BASE)) ? \
+             dimm_cnt - (T19_BASE - T17_BASE) : 0;
 
-        smbios_build_type_16_table(dimm_cnt);
+    smbios_build_type_16_table(dimm_cnt);
 
-        for (i = 0; i < dimm_cnt; i++) {
-            smbios_build_type_17_table(i, GET_DIMM_SZ);
-        }
+    for (i = 0; i < dimm_cnt; i++) {
+        smbios_build_type_17_table(i, GET_DIMM_SZ);
+    }
 
-        for (i = 0; i < mem_array_size; i++) {
-            smbios_build_type_19_table(i, offset, mem_array[i].address,
-                                       mem_array[i].length);
-        }
+    for (i = 0; i < mem_array_size; i++) {
+        smbios_build_type_19_table(i, offset, mem_array[i].address,
+                                   mem_array[i].length);
+    }
 
-        /*
-         * make sure 16 bit handle numbers in the headers of tables 19
-         * and 32 do not overlap.
-         */
-        assert((mem_array_size + offset) < (T32_BASE - T19_BASE));
+    /*
+     * make sure 16 bit handle numbers in the headers of tables 19
+     * and 32 do not overlap.
+     */
+    assert((mem_array_size + offset) < (T32_BASE - T19_BASE));
 
-        smbios_build_type_32_table();
-        smbios_build_type_38_table();
-        smbios_build_type_41_table(errp);
-        smbios_build_type_127_table();
+    smbios_build_type_32_table();
+    smbios_build_type_38_table();
+    smbios_build_type_41_table(errp);
+    smbios_build_type_127_table();
 
-        smbios_validate_table(ms->smp.sockets);
-        smbios_entry_point_setup();
-        smbios_immutable = true;
-    }
+    smbios_validate_table(ms->smp.sockets);
+    smbios_entry_point_setup();
 
     /* return tables blob and entry point (anchor), and their sizes */
     *tables = smbios_tables;
@@ -1378,13 +1405,10 @@ void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     const char *val;
 
-    assert(!smbios_immutable);
-
     val = qemu_opt_get(opts, "file");
     if (val) {
         struct smbios_structure_header *header;
-        int size;
-        struct smbios_table *table; /* legacy mode only */
+        size_t size;
 
         if (!qemu_opts_validate(opts, qemu_smbios_file_opts, errp)) {
             return;
@@ -1401,9 +1425,9 @@ void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
          * (except in legacy mode, where the second '\0' is implicit and
          *  will be inserted by the BIOS).
          */
-        smbios_tables = g_realloc(smbios_tables, smbios_tables_len + size);
-        header = (struct smbios_structure_header *)(smbios_tables +
-                                                    smbios_tables_len);
+        usr_blobs = g_realloc(usr_blobs, usr_blobs_len + size);
+        header = (struct smbios_structure_header *)(usr_blobs +
+                                                    usr_blobs_len);
 
         if (load_image_size(val, (uint8_t *)header, size) != size) {
             error_setg(errp, "Failed to load SMBIOS file %s", val);
@@ -1424,34 +1448,15 @@ void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
             smbios_type4_count++;
         }
 
-        smbios_tables_len += size;
-        if (size > smbios_table_max) {
-            smbios_table_max = size;
+        if (!usr_blobs_sizes) {
+            usr_blobs_sizes = g_array_new(false, false, sizeof(size_t));
         }
-        smbios_table_cnt++;
-
-        /* add a copy of the newly loaded blob to legacy smbios_entries */
-        /* NOTE: This code runs before smbios_set_defaults(), so we don't
-         *       yet know which mode (legacy vs. aggregate-table) will be
-         *       required. We therefore add the binary blob to both legacy
-         *       (smbios_entries) and aggregate (smbios_tables) tables, and
-         *       delete the one we don't need from smbios_set_defaults(),
-         *       once we know which machine version has been requested.
-         */
-        if (!smbios_entries) {
-            smbios_entries_len = sizeof(uint16_t);
-            smbios_entries = g_malloc0(smbios_entries_len);
+        g_array_append_val(usr_blobs_sizes, size);
+        usr_blobs_len += size;
+        if (size > usr_table_max) {
+            usr_table_max = size;
         }
-        smbios_entries = g_realloc(smbios_entries, smbios_entries_len +
-                                                   size + sizeof(*table));
-        table = (struct smbios_table *)(smbios_entries + smbios_entries_len);
-        table->header.type = SMBIOS_TABLE_ENTRY;
-        table->header.length = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*table) + size);
-        memcpy(table->data, header, size);
-        smbios_entries_len += sizeof(*table) + size;
-        (*(uint16_t *)smbios_entries) =
-                cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(*(uint16_t *)smbios_entries) + 1);
-        /* end: add a copy of the newly loaded blob to legacy smbios_entries */
+        usr_table_cnt++;
 
         return;
     }
