diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 0d8b2d96a9..ef87363067 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr,
 
     /* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL.  */
     assert(ptr != NULL);
-    mr->ram_addr = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
+    mr->ram_addr = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_fatal);
 }
 
 void memory_region_set_skip_dump(MemoryRegion *mr)