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-rw-r--r--softmmu/vl.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index a331fb5321..796a77e234 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -4298,6 +4298,11 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
         backend = object_resolve_path_type(current_machine->ram_memdev_id,
                                            TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND, NULL);
+        if (!backend) {
+            error_report("Memory backend '%s' not found",
+                         current_machine->ram_memdev_id);
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
         backend_size = object_property_get_uint(backend, "size",  &error_abort);
         if (have_custom_ram_size && backend_size != ram_size) {
                 error_report("Size specified by -m option must match size of "