diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-md-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-md-pci.c
index e849c313..a22a259 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-md-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-md-pci.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-md-pci.h"
 #include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 void virtio_md_pci_pre_plug(VirtIOMDPCI *vmd, MachineState *ms, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -74,7 +75,27 @@
 
 void virtio_md_pci_unplug(VirtIOMDPCI *vmd, MachineState *ms, Error **errp)
 {
-    /* We don't support hot unplug of virtio based memory devices */
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(vmd);
+    HotplugHandler *bus_handler = qdev_get_bus_hotplug_handler(dev);
+    MemoryDeviceState *md = MEMORY_DEVICE(vmd);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    /* Unplug the memory device while it is still realized. */
+    memory_device_unplug(md, ms);
+
+    if (bus_handler) {
+        hotplug_handler_unplug(bus_handler, dev, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            /* Not expected to fail ... but still try to recover. */
+            memory_device_plug(md, ms);
+            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+            return;
+        }
+    } else {
+        /* Very unexpected, but let's just try to do the right thing. */
+        warn_report("Unexpected unplug of virtio based memory device");
+        qdev_unrealize(dev);
+    }
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo virtio_md_pci_info = {