diff --git a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
index e86af01537..f3c4a50b19 100644
--- a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
+++ b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ static void versatile_init(MachineState *machine, int board_id)
     Object *cpuobj;
     ARMCPU *cpu;
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
-    MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     qemu_irq pic[32];
     qemu_irq sic[32];
     DeviceState *dev, *sysctl;
@@ -220,11 +219,9 @@ static void versatile_init(MachineState *machine, int board_id)
 
     cpu = ARM_CPU(cpuobj);
 
-    memory_region_allocate_system_memory(ram, NULL, "versatile.ram",
-                                         machine->ram_size);
     /* ??? RAM should repeat to fill physical memory space.  */
     /* SDRAM at address zero.  */
-    memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, ram);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, machine->ram);
 
     sysctl = qdev_create(NULL, "realview_sysctl");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sysctl, "sys_id", 0x41007004);
@@ -398,6 +395,7 @@ static void versatilepb_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->block_default_type = IF_SCSI;
     mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
     mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("arm926");
+    mc->default_ram_id = "versatile.ram";
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo versatilepb_type = {
@@ -415,6 +413,7 @@ static void versatileab_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->block_default_type = IF_SCSI;
     mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
     mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("arm926");
+    mc->default_ram_id = "versatile.ram";
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo versatileab_type = {