diff --git a/hw/mips/boston.c b/hw/mips/boston.c
index 52cce19766731573895e943b61ce4446161f0563..14e6f955d299e2df9198fdf192c36f40edc88c2d 100644
--- a/hw/mips/boston.c
+++ b/hw/mips/boston.c
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ static void boston_mach_init(MachineState *machine)
     sysbus_mmio_map_overlap(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(s->cps), 0, 0, 1);
 
     flash =  g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-    memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(flash, NULL,
-                                     "boston.flash", 128 * M_BYTE, &err);
+    memory_region_init_rom(flash, NULL, "boston.flash", 128 * M_BYTE, &err);
     memory_region_add_subregion_overlap(sys_mem, 0x18000000, flash, 0);
 
     ddr = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);