diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index 805bebd0d0..a6a2102a93 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ static struct arm_boot_info aspeed_board_binfo = {
 struct AspeedBoardState {
     AspeedSoCState soc;
     MemoryRegion ram_container;
-    MemoryRegion ram;
     MemoryRegion max_ram;
 };
 
@@ -197,6 +196,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     memory_region_init(&bmc->ram_container, NULL, "aspeed-ram-container",
                        UINT32_MAX);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(&bmc->ram_container, 0, machine->ram);
 
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(machine), "soc", &bmc->soc,
                             (sizeof(bmc->soc)), amc->soc_name, &error_abort,
@@ -232,8 +232,6 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), true, "realized",
                              &error_abort);
 
-    memory_region_allocate_system_memory(&bmc->ram, NULL, "ram", ram_size);
-    memory_region_add_subregion(&bmc->ram_container, 0, &bmc->ram);
     memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(),
                                 sc->memmap[ASPEED_SDRAM],
                                 &bmc->ram_container);
@@ -436,6 +434,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->no_floppy = 1;
     mc->no_cdrom = 1;
     mc->no_parallel = 1;
+    mc->default_ram_id = "ram";
 
     aspeed_machine_class_props_init(oc);
 }