diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 5c5eee55e6..e27c28b514 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -213,6 +213,17 @@ struct MachineClass {
     int64_t (*get_default_cpu_node_id)(const MachineState *ms, int idx);
 };
 
+/**
+ * MemoryHotplugState:
+ * @base: address in guest physical address space where the memory
+ * address space for memory devices starts
+ * @mr: address space container for memory devices
+ */
+typedef struct MemoryHotplugState {
+    hwaddr base;
+    MemoryRegion mr;
+} MemoryHotplugState;
+
 /**
  * MachineState:
  */
@@ -243,6 +254,7 @@ struct MachineState {
     bool enforce_config_section;
     bool enable_graphics;
     char *memory_encryption;
+    MemoryHotplugState *device_memory;
 
     ram_addr_t ram_size;
     ram_addr_t maxram_size;
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index ffee8413f0..07b596ee76 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ struct PCMachineState {
     /* <public> */
 
     /* State for other subsystems/APIs: */
-    MemoryHotplugState hotplug_memory;
     Notifier machine_done;
 
     /* Pointers to devices and objects: */
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
index e88073321f..8bda37adab 100644
--- a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
+++ b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 
 #define TYPE_PC_DIMM "pc-dimm"
 #define PC_DIMM(obj) \
@@ -75,17 +76,6 @@ typedef struct PCDIMMDeviceClass {
     MemoryRegion *(*get_vmstate_memory_region)(PCDIMMDevice *dimm);
 } PCDIMMDeviceClass;
 
-/**
- * MemoryHotplugState:
- * @base: address in guest physical address space where hotplug memory
- * address space begins.
- * @mr: hotplug memory address space container
- */
-typedef struct MemoryHotplugState {
-    hwaddr base;
-    MemoryRegion mr;
-} MemoryHotplugState;
-
 uint64_t pc_dimm_get_free_addr(uint64_t address_space_start,
                                uint64_t address_space_size,
                                uint64_t *hint, uint64_t align, uint64_t size,
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index d60b7c6d7a..56ff02d32a 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ struct sPAPRMachineState {
 
     /*< public >*/
     char *kvm_type;
-    MemoryHotplugState hotplug_memory;
 
     const char *icp_type;
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 624e955e29..b1eddeb204 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ build_srat(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, MachineState *machine)
      * providing _PXM method if necessary.
      */
     if (hotplugabble_address_space_size) {
-        build_srat_hotpluggable_memory(table_data, pcms->hotplug_memory.base,
+        build_srat_hotpluggable_memory(table_data, machine->device_memory->base,
                                        hotplugabble_address_space_size,
                                        pcms->numa_nodes - 1);
     }
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index b297a5d63b..0aa7885798 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1371,6 +1371,9 @@ void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+    /* always allocate the device memory information */
+    machine->device_memory = g_malloc0(sizeof(*machine->device_memory));
+
     /* initialize hotplug memory address space */
     if (pcmc->has_reserved_memory &&
         (machine->ram_size < machine->maxram_size)) {
@@ -1390,7 +1393,7 @@ void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
-        pcms->hotplug_memory.base =
+        machine->device_memory->base =
             ROUND_UP(0x100000000ULL + pcms->above_4g_mem_size, 1ULL << 30);
 
         if (pcmc->enforce_aligned_dimm) {
@@ -1398,17 +1401,17 @@ void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
             hotplug_mem_size += (1ULL << 30) * machine->ram_slots;
         }
 
-        if ((pcms->hotplug_memory.base + hotplug_mem_size) <
+        if ((machine->device_memory->base + hotplug_mem_size) <
             hotplug_mem_size) {
             error_report("unsupported amount of maximum memory: " RAM_ADDR_FMT,
                          machine->maxram_size);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
-        memory_region_init(&pcms->hotplug_memory.mr, OBJECT(pcms),
+        memory_region_init(&machine->device_memory->mr, OBJECT(pcms),
                            "hotplug-memory", hotplug_mem_size);
-        memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, pcms->hotplug_memory.base,
-                                    &pcms->hotplug_memory.mr);
+        memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, machine->device_memory->base,
+                                    &machine->device_memory->mr);
     }
 
     /* Initialize PC system firmware */
@@ -1429,13 +1432,13 @@ void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
 
     rom_set_fw(fw_cfg);
 
-    if (pcmc->has_reserved_memory && pcms->hotplug_memory.base) {
+    if (pcmc->has_reserved_memory && machine->device_memory->base) {
         uint64_t *val = g_malloc(sizeof(*val));
         PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
-        uint64_t res_mem_end = pcms->hotplug_memory.base;
+        uint64_t res_mem_end = machine->device_memory->base;
 
         if (!pcmc->broken_reserved_end) {
-            res_mem_end += memory_region_size(&pcms->hotplug_memory.mr);
+            res_mem_end += memory_region_size(&machine->device_memory->mr);
         }
         *val = cpu_to_le64(ROUND_UP(res_mem_end, 0x1ULL << 30));
         fw_cfg_add_file(fw_cfg, "etc/reserved-memory-end", val, sizeof(*val));
@@ -1462,12 +1465,13 @@ uint64_t pc_pci_hole64_start(void)
 {
     PCMachineState *pcms = PC_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(pcms);
     uint64_t hole64_start = 0;
 
-    if (pcmc->has_reserved_memory && pcms->hotplug_memory.base) {
-        hole64_start = pcms->hotplug_memory.base;
+    if (pcmc->has_reserved_memory && ms->device_memory->base) {
+        hole64_start = ms->device_memory->base;
         if (!pcmc->broken_reserved_end) {
-            hole64_start += memory_region_size(&pcms->hotplug_memory.mr);
+            hole64_start += memory_region_size(&ms->device_memory->mr);
         }
     } else {
         hole64_start = 0x100000000ULL + pcms->above_4g_mem_size;
@@ -1711,7 +1715,8 @@ static void pc_dimm_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    pc_dimm_memory_plug(dev, &pcms->hotplug_memory, mr, align, &local_err);
+    pc_dimm_memory_plug(dev, MACHINE(pcms)->device_memory, mr, align,
+                        &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto out;
     }
@@ -1779,7 +1784,7 @@ static void pc_dimm_unplug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    pc_dimm_memory_unplug(dev, &pcms->hotplug_memory, mr);
+    pc_dimm_memory_unplug(dev, MACHINE(pcms)->device_memory, mr);
     object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
 
  out:
@@ -2072,8 +2077,8 @@ pc_machine_get_hotplug_memory_region_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
                                           const char *name, void *opaque,
                                           Error **errp)
 {
-    PCMachineState *pcms = PC_MACHINE(obj);
-    int64_t value = memory_region_size(&pcms->hotplug_memory.mr);
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
+    int64_t value = memory_region_size(&ms->device_memory->mr);
 
     visit_type_int(v, name, &value, errp);
 }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 640a66a21a..30d634a8a3 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -703,13 +703,14 @@ spapr_get_drconf_cell(uint32_t seq_lmbs, uint64_t base_addr,
 static int spapr_populate_drmem_v2(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, void *fdt,
                                    int offset, MemoryDeviceInfoList *dimms)
 {
+    MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
     uint8_t *int_buf, *cur_index, buf_len;
     int ret;
     uint64_t lmb_size = SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
     uint64_t addr, cur_addr, size;
-    uint32_t nr_boot_lmbs = (spapr->hotplug_memory.base / lmb_size);
-    uint64_t mem_end = spapr->hotplug_memory.base +
-                       memory_region_size(&spapr->hotplug_memory.mr);
+    uint32_t nr_boot_lmbs = (machine->device_memory->base / lmb_size);
+    uint64_t mem_end = machine->device_memory->base +
+                       memory_region_size(&machine->device_memory->mr);
     uint32_t node, nr_entries = 0;
     sPAPRDRConnector *drc;
     DrconfCellQueue *elem, *next;
@@ -724,7 +725,7 @@ static int spapr_populate_drmem_v2(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, void *fdt,
     QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&drconf_queue, elem, entry);
     nr_entries++;
 
-    cur_addr = spapr->hotplug_memory.base;
+    cur_addr = machine->device_memory->base;
     for (info = dimms; info; info = info->next) {
         PCDIMMDeviceInfo *di = info->value->u.dimm.data;
 
@@ -787,11 +788,12 @@ static int spapr_populate_drmem_v2(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, void *fdt,
 static int spapr_populate_drmem_v1(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, void *fdt,
                                    int offset, MemoryDeviceInfoList *dimms)
 {
+    MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
     int i, ret;
     uint64_t lmb_size = SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
-    uint32_t hotplug_lmb_start = spapr->hotplug_memory.base / lmb_size;
-    uint32_t nr_lmbs = (spapr->hotplug_memory.base +
-                       memory_region_size(&spapr->hotplug_memory.mr)) /
+    uint32_t hotplug_lmb_start = machine->device_memory->base / lmb_size;
+    uint32_t nr_lmbs = (machine->device_memory->base +
+                       memory_region_size(&machine->device_memory->mr)) /
                        lmb_size;
     uint32_t *int_buf, *cur_index, buf_len;
 
@@ -1034,8 +1036,8 @@ static void spapr_dt_rtas(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, void *fdt)
     GString *hypertas = g_string_sized_new(256);
     GString *qemu_hypertas = g_string_sized_new(256);
     uint32_t refpoints[] = { cpu_to_be32(0x4), cpu_to_be32(0x4) };
-    uint64_t max_hotplug_addr = spapr->hotplug_memory.base +
-        memory_region_size(&spapr->hotplug_memory.mr);
+    uint64_t max_hotplug_addr = MACHINE(spapr)->device_memory->base +
+        memory_region_size(&MACHINE(spapr)->device_memory->mr);
     uint32_t lrdr_capacity[] = {
         cpu_to_be32(max_hotplug_addr >> 32),
         cpu_to_be32(max_hotplug_addr & 0xffffffff),
@@ -2297,7 +2299,7 @@ static void spapr_create_lmb_dr_connectors(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
     for (i = 0; i < nr_lmbs; i++) {
         uint64_t addr;
 
-        addr = i * lmb_size + spapr->hotplug_memory.base;
+        addr = i * lmb_size + machine->device_memory->base;
         spapr_dr_connector_new(OBJECT(spapr), TYPE_SPAPR_DRC_LMB,
                                addr / lmb_size);
     }
@@ -2634,6 +2636,9 @@ static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
                                          machine->ram_size);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, ram);
 
+    /* always allocate the device memory information */
+    machine->device_memory = g_malloc0(sizeof(*machine->device_memory));
+
     /* initialize hotplug memory address space */
     if (machine->ram_size < machine->maxram_size) {
         ram_addr_t hotplug_mem_size = machine->maxram_size - machine->ram_size;
@@ -2655,12 +2660,12 @@ static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
             exit(1);
         }
 
-        spapr->hotplug_memory.base = ROUND_UP(machine->ram_size,
+        machine->device_memory->base = ROUND_UP(machine->ram_size,
                                               SPAPR_HOTPLUG_MEM_ALIGN);
-        memory_region_init(&spapr->hotplug_memory.mr, OBJECT(spapr),
+        memory_region_init(&machine->device_memory->mr, OBJECT(spapr),
                            "hotplug-memory", hotplug_mem_size);
-        memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, spapr->hotplug_memory.base,
-                                    &spapr->hotplug_memory.mr);
+        memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, machine->device_memory->base,
+                                    &machine->device_memory->mr);
     }
 
     if (smc->dr_lmb_enabled) {
@@ -3148,7 +3153,7 @@ static void spapr_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     align = memory_region_get_alignment(mr);
     size = memory_region_size(mr);
 
-    pc_dimm_memory_plug(dev, &ms->hotplug_memory, mr, align, &local_err);
+    pc_dimm_memory_plug(dev, MACHINE(ms)->device_memory, mr, align, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto out;
     }
@@ -3169,7 +3174,7 @@ static void spapr_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     return;
 
 out_unplug:
-    pc_dimm_memory_unplug(dev, &ms->hotplug_memory, mr);
+    pc_dimm_memory_unplug(dev, MACHINE(ms)->device_memory, mr);
 out:
     error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
@@ -3309,7 +3314,7 @@ void spapr_lmb_release(DeviceState *dev)
      * Now that all the LMBs have been removed by the guest, call the
      * pc-dimm unplug handler to cleanup up the pc-dimm device.
      */
-    pc_dimm_memory_unplug(dev, &spapr->hotplug_memory, mr);
+    pc_dimm_memory_unplug(dev, MACHINE(spapr)->device_memory, mr);
     object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
     spapr_pending_dimm_unplugs_remove(spapr, ds);
 }
@@ -4265,8 +4270,8 @@ static void phb_placement_2_7(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, uint32_t index,
         /* Can't just use maxram_size, because there may be an
          * alignment gap between normal and hotpluggable memory
          * regions */
-        ram_top = spapr->hotplug_memory.base +
-            memory_region_size(&spapr->hotplug_memory.mr);
+        ram_top = MACHINE(spapr)->device_memory->base +
+            memory_region_size(&MACHINE(spapr)->device_memory->mr);
     }
 
     phb0_base = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(ram_top, phb0_alignment);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
index 5f6e6249ba..52b8f40955 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static inline bool valid_ptex(PowerPCCPU *cpu, target_ulong ptex)
 static bool is_ram_address(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, hwaddr addr)
 {
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
-    MemoryHotplugState *hpms = &spapr->hotplug_memory;
+    MemoryHotplugState *hpms = machine->device_memory;
 
     if (addr < machine->ram_size) {
         return true;
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas_ddw.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas_ddw.c
index 177dcffc9b..d3666c1921 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas_ddw.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas_ddw.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void rtas_ibm_query_pe_dma_window(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     if (machine->ram_size == machine->maxram_size) {
         max_window_size = machine->ram_size;
     } else {
-        MemoryHotplugState *hpms = &spapr->hotplug_memory;
+        MemoryHotplugState *hpms = machine->device_memory;
 
         max_window_size = hpms->base + memory_region_size(&hpms->mr);
     }
