diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index 1a7cc787feadb33c20db981bdd9a0b98fcd4de90..35df18f2d3ca4a1d9e52c4b341a205f12d37f185 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static int lxcDomainGetInfo(virDomainPtr dom,
 
     if (!virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
         info->cpuTime = 0;
-        info->memory = 0;
+        info->memory = vm->def->mem.cur_balloon;
     } else {
         if (virCgroupGetCpuacctUsage(priv->cgroup, &(info->cpuTime)) < 0) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index b263ce0c38dcd8db26200f5d6823d539f7f50dca..91eb6619243869ed440aec1ef94dc6bd2cf3de23 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -2642,13 +2642,13 @@ qemuDomainGetInfo(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
-        if (VIR_ASSIGN_IS_OVERFLOW(info->memory, vm->def->mem.cur_balloon)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW, "%s",
-                           _("Current memory size too large"));
-            goto cleanup;
-        }
+    if (VIR_ASSIGN_IS_OVERFLOW(info->memory, vm->def->mem.cur_balloon)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW, "%s",
+                       _("Current memory size too large"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
 
+    if (virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
         if (qemuGetProcessInfo(&(info->cpuTime), NULL, NULL, vm->pid, 0) < 0) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
                            _("cannot read cputime for domain"));