diff --git a/hw/acpi/ich9.c b/hw/acpi/ich9.c
index 9b605af..02d8546 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/ich9.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/ich9.c
@@ -153,17 +153,10 @@
      .offset     = vmstate_offset_pointer(_state, _field, uint8_t),  \
  }
 
-static bool vmstate_test_use_memhp(void *opaque)
-{
-    ICH9LPCPMRegs *s = opaque;
-    return s->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled;
-}
-
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_memhp_state = {
     .name = "ich9_pm/memhp",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .needed = vmstate_test_use_memhp,
     .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG(acpi_memory_hotplug, ICH9LPCPMRegs),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
@@ -335,11 +328,9 @@
     legacy_acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(pci_address_space_io(lpc_pci),
         OBJECT(lpc_pci), &pm->gpe_cpu, ICH9_CPU_HOTPLUG_IO_BASE);
 
-    if (pm->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled) {
-        acpi_memory_hotplug_init(pci_address_space_io(lpc_pci), OBJECT(lpc_pci),
-                                 &pm->acpi_memory_hotplug,
-                                 ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_BASE);
-    }
+    acpi_memory_hotplug_init(pci_address_space_io(lpc_pci), OBJECT(lpc_pci),
+                             &pm->acpi_memory_hotplug,
+                             ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_BASE);
 }
 
 static void ich9_pm_get_gpe0_blk(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
@@ -460,12 +451,7 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) &&
-        !lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled) {
-        error_setg(errp,
-                   "memory hotplug is not enabled: %s.memory-hotplug-support "
-                   "is not set", object_get_typename(OBJECT(lpc)));
-    } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) {
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) {
         uint64_t negotiated = lpc->smi_negotiated_features;
 
         if (negotiated & BIT_ULL(ICH9_LPC_SMI_F_BROADCAST_BIT) &&
@@ -509,8 +495,7 @@
 {
     ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
 
-    if (lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
-        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
         acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(hotplug_dev,
                                       &lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug, dev,
                                       errp);
@@ -545,8 +530,7 @@
 {
     ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
 
-    if (lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
-        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
         acpi_memory_unplug_cb(&lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug, dev, errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU) &&
                !lpc->pm.cpu_hotplug_legacy) {