diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 5b8c6fbbea..db41cca063 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1692,6 +1692,7 @@ static void pc_dimm_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
     PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(dimm);
     MemoryRegion *mr = ddc->get_memory_region(dimm);
     uint64_t align = TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
+    bool is_nvdimm = object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_NVDIMM);
 
     if (memory_region_get_alignment(mr) && pcmc->enforce_aligned_dimm) {
         align = memory_region_get_alignment(mr);
@@ -1703,17 +1704,18 @@ static void pc_dimm_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
         goto out;
     }
 
+    if (is_nvdimm && !pcms->acpi_nvdimm_state.is_enabled) {
+        error_setg(&local_err,
+                   "nvdimm is not enabled: missing 'nvdimm' in '-M'");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     pc_dimm_memory_plug(dev, &pcms->hotplug_memory, mr, align, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_NVDIMM)) {
-        if (!pcms->acpi_nvdimm_state.is_enabled) {
-            error_setg(&local_err,
-                       "nvdimm is not enabled: missing 'nvdimm' in '-M'");
-            goto out;
-        }
+    if (is_nvdimm) {
         nvdimm_plug(&pcms->acpi_nvdimm_state);
     }