diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 1f2450002bde41cc621f7b852e4cdd01db2e8e3b..4c0114a1a182931788f1fcb912f60ea5e81505a6 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -1717,6 +1717,8 @@ ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc_internal(ram_addr_t size, ram_addr_t max_size,
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return -1;
     }
+
+    mr->ram_block = new_block;
     return addr;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index c92734ae2bf853cc4a3d060348b5dfb4eb6a3257..683be46cd002a9a29f27601c2bd04bd955271383 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu.h"
+#include "qemu/typedefs.h"
 
 #define MAX_PHYS_ADDR_SPACE_BITS 62
 #define MAX_PHYS_ADDR            (((hwaddr)1 << MAX_PHYS_ADDR_SPACE_BITS) - 1)
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ struct MemoryRegion {
     bool global_locking;
     uint8_t dirty_log_mask;
     ram_addr_t ram_addr;
+    RAMBlock *ram_block;
     Object *owner;
     const MemoryRegionIOMMUOps *iommu_ops;
 
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 09041edd437db20eb76148dfa296dc0e43d41f75..b4451dd2a59147cfaaaf0acfe37982b6b86a62fe 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ void memory_region_init(MemoryRegion *mr,
     }
     mr->name = g_strdup(name);
     mr->owner = owner;
+    mr->ram_block = NULL;
 
     if (name) {
         char *escaped_name = memory_region_escape_name(name);