diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 7802dc2..03da571 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -952,7 +952,6 @@
 void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
                     MemoryRegion *system_memory,
                     MemoryRegion *rom_memory,
-                    MemoryRegion **ram_memory,
                     uint64_t pci_hole64_size)
 {
     int linux_boot, i;
@@ -1010,7 +1009,6 @@
      * Split single memory region and use aliases to address portions of it,
      * done for backwards compatibility with older qemus.
      */
-    *ram_memory = machine->ram;
     ram_below_4g = g_malloc(sizeof(*ram_below_4g));
     memory_region_init_alias(ram_below_4g, NULL, "ram-below-4g", machine->ram,
                              0, x86ms->below_4g_mem_size);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index ac7b1a9..1acf02e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
     if (xen_enabled()) {
         xen_hvm_init_pc(pcms, &ram_memory);
     } else {
+        ram_memory = machine->ram;
         if (!pcms->max_ram_below_4g) {
             pcms->max_ram_below_4g = 0xe0000000; /* default: 3.5G */
         }
@@ -206,8 +207,7 @@
 
     /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
     if (!xen_enabled()) {
-        pc_memory_init(pcms, system_memory,
-                       rom_memory, &ram_memory, hole64_size);
+        pc_memory_init(pcms, system_memory, rom_memory, hole64_size);
     } else {
         pc_system_flash_cleanup_unused(pcms);
         if (machine->kernel_filename != NULL) {
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 1490f87..c1535af 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
     MemoryRegion *system_io = get_system_io();
     MemoryRegion *pci_memory;
     MemoryRegion *rom_memory;
-    MemoryRegion *ram_memory;
     GSIState *gsi_state;
     ISABus *isa_bus;
     int i;
@@ -216,12 +215,11 @@
     }
 
     /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
-    pc_memory_init(pcms, system_memory, rom_memory, &ram_memory,
-                   pci_hole64_size);
+    pc_memory_init(pcms, system_memory, rom_memory, pci_hole64_size);
 
     object_property_add_child(OBJECT(machine), "q35", OBJECT(q35_host));
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(q35_host), MCH_HOST_PROP_RAM_MEM,
-                             OBJECT(ram_memory), NULL);
+                             OBJECT(machine->ram), NULL);
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(q35_host), MCH_HOST_PROP_PCI_MEM,
                              OBJECT(pci_memory), NULL);
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(q35_host), MCH_HOST_PROP_SYSTEM_MEM,
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 84935fc..4e63856 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@
 void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
                     MemoryRegion *system_memory,
                     MemoryRegion *rom_memory,
-                    MemoryRegion **ram_memory,
                     uint64_t pci_hole64_size);
 uint64_t pc_pci_hole64_start(void);
 DeviceState *pc_vga_init(ISABus *isa_bus, PCIBus *pci_bus);