diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index a171056b..36d5e00 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -1772,6 +1772,12 @@ static int vfio_add_ext_cap(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
     uint8_t cap_ver;
     uint8_t *config;
 
+    /* Only add extended caps if we have them and the guest can see them */
+    if (!pci_is_express(pdev) || !pci_bus_is_express(pdev->bus) ||
+        !pci_get_long(pdev->config + PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     /*
      * pcie_add_capability always inserts the new capability at the tail
      * of the chain.  Therefore to end up with a chain that matches the
@@ -1780,6 +1786,25 @@ static int vfio_add_ext_cap(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
      */
     config = g_memdup(pdev->config, vdev->config_size);
 
+    /*
+     * Extended capabilities are chained with each pointing to the next, so we
+     * can drop anything other than the head of the chain simply by modifying
+     * the previous next pointer.  For the head of the chain, we can modify the
+     * capability ID to something that cannot match a valid capability.  ID
+     * 0 is reserved for this since absence of capabilities is indicated by
+     * 0 for the ID, version, AND next pointer.  However, pcie_add_capability()
+     * uses ID 0 as reserved for list management and will incorrectly match and
+     * assert if we attempt to pre-load the head of the chain with with this
+     * ID.  Use ID 0xFFFF temporarily since it is also seems to be reserved in
+     * part for identifying abscense of capabilities in a root complex register
+     * block.  If the ID still exists after adding capabilities, switch back to
+     * zero.  We'll mark this entire first dword as emulated for this purpose.
+     */
+    pci_set_long(pdev->config + PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE,
+                 PCI_EXT_CAP(0xFFFF, 0, 0));
+    pci_set_long(pdev->wmask + PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE, 0);
+    pci_set_long(vdev->emulated_config_bits + PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE, ~0);
+
     for (next = PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE; next;
          next = PCI_EXT_CAP_NEXT(pci_get_long(config + next))) {
         header = pci_get_long(config + next);
@@ -1794,12 +1819,23 @@ static int vfio_add_ext_cap(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
          */
         size = vfio_ext_cap_max_size(config, next);
 
-        pcie_add_capability(pdev, cap_id, cap_ver, next, size);
-        pci_set_long(pdev->config + next, PCI_EXT_CAP(cap_id, cap_ver, 0));
-
         /* Use emulated next pointer to allow dropping extended caps */
         pci_long_test_and_set_mask(vdev->emulated_config_bits + next,
                                    PCI_EXT_CAP_NEXT_MASK);
+
+        switch (cap_id) {
+        case PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_SRIOV: /* Read-only VF BARs confuses OVMF */
+            trace_vfio_add_ext_cap_dropped(vdev->vbasedev.name, cap_id, next);
+            break;
+        default:
+            pcie_add_capability(pdev, cap_id, cap_ver, next, size);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /* Cleanup chain head ID if necessary */
+    if (pci_get_word(pdev->config + PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE) == 0xFFFF) {
+        pci_set_word(pdev->config + PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE, 0);
     }
 
     g_free(config);
@@ -1821,13 +1857,6 @@ static int vfio_add_capabilities(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    /* on PCI bus, it doesn't make sense to expose extended capabilities. */
-    if (!pci_is_express(pdev) ||
-        !pci_bus_is_express(pdev->bus) ||
-        !pci_get_long(pdev->config + PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE)) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     return vfio_add_ext_cap(vdev);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/trace-events b/hw/vfio/trace-events
index 9da0ff9..a768fb5 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/trace-events
+++ b/hw/vfio/trace-events
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ vfio_pci_hot_reset_result(const char *name, const char *result) "%s hot reset: %
 vfio_populate_device_config(const char *name, unsigned long size, unsigned long offset, unsigned long flags) "Device %s config:\n  size: 0x%lx, offset: 0x%lx, flags: 0x%lx"
 vfio_populate_device_get_irq_info_failure(void) "VFIO_DEVICE_GET_IRQ_INFO failure: %m"
 vfio_initfn(const char *name, int group_id) " (%s) group %d"
+vfio_add_ext_cap_dropped(const char *name, uint16_t cap, uint16_t offset) "%s %x@%x"
 vfio_pci_reset(const char *name) " (%s)"
 vfio_pci_reset_flr(const char *name) "%s FLR/VFIO_DEVICE_RESET"
 vfio_pci_reset_pm(const char *name) "%s PCI PM Reset"
