diff --git a/hw/mem/nvdimm.c b/hw/mem/nvdimm.c
index 7260c9c6b1b7f45bd4fda6067aaba46f949ca4d4..afd3912d6b62650e472d7e045af7ce7c075a08e5 100644
--- a/hw/mem/nvdimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/nvdimm.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void nvdimm_set_label_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     uint64_t value;
 
-    if (memory_region_size(&nvdimm->nvdimm_mr)) {
+    if (nvdimm->nvdimm_mr) {
         error_setg(&local_err, "cannot change property value");
         goto out;
     }
@@ -71,11 +71,18 @@ static void nvdimm_init(Object *obj)
                         NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+static void nvdimm_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+    NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm = NVDIMM(obj);
+
+    g_free(nvdimm->nvdimm_mr);
+}
+
 static MemoryRegion *nvdimm_get_memory_region(PCDIMMDevice *dimm, Error **errp)
 {
     NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm = NVDIMM(dimm);
 
-    return &nvdimm->nvdimm_mr;
+    return nvdimm->nvdimm_mr;
 }
 
 static void nvdimm_realize(PCDIMMDevice *dimm, Error **errp)
@@ -102,9 +109,10 @@ static void nvdimm_realize(PCDIMMDevice *dimm, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    memory_region_init_alias(&nvdimm->nvdimm_mr, OBJECT(dimm),
+    nvdimm->nvdimm_mr = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
+    memory_region_init_alias(nvdimm->nvdimm_mr, OBJECT(dimm),
                              "nvdimm-memory", mr, 0, pmem_size);
-    nvdimm->nvdimm_mr.align = align;
+    nvdimm->nvdimm_mr->align = align;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -167,6 +175,7 @@ static TypeInfo nvdimm_info = {
     .class_init    = nvdimm_class_init,
     .instance_size = sizeof(NVDIMMDevice),
     .instance_init = nvdimm_init,
+    .instance_finalize = nvdimm_finalize,
 };
 
 static void nvdimm_register_types(void)
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h b/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
index 9340631cfc710320378047fa23f2711a1abd1474..c5c9b3c7f86116f6f1c4d547763da7268e491c0c 100644
--- a/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
+++ b/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct NVDIMMDevice {
      * it's the PMEM region in NVDIMM device, which is presented to
      * guest via ACPI NFIT and _FIT method if NVDIMM hotplug is supported.
      */
-    MemoryRegion nvdimm_mr;
+    MemoryRegion *nvdimm_mr;
 
     /*
      * The 'on' value results in the unarmed flag set in ACPI NFIT,