diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index 2c23297edf..62344ac6a3 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     bmc = g_new0(AspeedBoardState, 1);
 
     memory_region_init(&bmc->ram_container, NULL, "aspeed-ram-container",
-                       UINT32_MAX);
+                       4 * GiB);
     memory_region_add_subregion(&bmc->ram_container, 0, machine->ram);
 
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(machine), "soc", &bmc->soc,