1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index 506fe0d2a8..2bae994667 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
 
 typedef struct pc_dimms_capacity {
      uint64_t size;
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ void pc_dimm_memory_plug(DeviceState *dev, MemoryHotplugState *hpms,
         goto out;
     }
 
+    if (!vhost_has_free_slot()) {
+        error_setg(&local_err, "a used vhost backend has no free"
+                               " memory slots left");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     memory_region_add_subregion(&hpms->mr, addr - hpms->base, mr);
     vmstate_register_ram(mr, dev);
     numa_set_mem_node_id(addr, memory_region_size(mr), dimm->node);