diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index f16a0b2870b432a9ca950a000704a0b735274ad0..1f577b274b8f76bb199495650d85005d7655d18f 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ static void spapr_add_lmbs(DeviceState *dev, uint64_t addr_start, uint64_t size,
 }
 
 static void spapr_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
-                              uint32_t node, Error **errp)
+                              Error **errp)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     sPAPRMachineState *ms = SPAPR_MACHINE(hotplug_dev);
@@ -3144,6 +3144,7 @@ static void spapr_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(dimm);
     MemoryRegion *mr;
     uint64_t align, size, addr;
+    uint32_t node;
 
     mr = ddc->get_memory_region(dimm, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
@@ -3163,6 +3164,8 @@ static void spapr_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
         goto out_unplug;
     }
 
+    node = object_property_get_uint(OBJECT(dev), PC_DIMM_NODE_PROP,
+                                    &error_abort);
     spapr_add_lmbs(dev, addr, size, node,
                    spapr_ovec_test(ms->ov5_cas, OV5_HP_EVT),
                    &local_err);
@@ -3572,16 +3575,11 @@ static void spapr_machine_device_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
     sPAPRMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms);
 
     if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
-        int node;
-
         if (!smc->dr_lmb_enabled) {
             error_setg(errp, "Memory hotplug not supported for this machine");
             return;
         }
-        node = object_property_get_uint(OBJECT(dev), PC_DIMM_NODE_PROP,
-                                        &error_abort);
-
-        spapr_memory_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, node, errp);
+        spapr_memory_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE)) {
         spapr_core_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
     }