diff --git a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
index ab8f1b61ee..7a7764240e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
@@ -1419,12 +1419,6 @@ void xen_hvm_init_pc(PCMachineState *pcms, MemoryRegion **ram_memory)
     state->exit.notify = xen_exit_notifier;
     qemu_add_exit_notifier(&state->exit);
 
-    state->suspend.notify = xen_suspend_notifier;
-    qemu_register_suspend_notifier(&state->suspend);
-
-    state->wakeup.notify = xen_wakeup_notifier;
-    qemu_register_wakeup_notifier(&state->wakeup);
-
     /*
      * Register wake-up support in QMP query-current-machine API
      */
@@ -1435,23 +1429,6 @@ void xen_hvm_init_pc(PCMachineState *pcms, MemoryRegion **ram_memory)
         goto err;
     }
 
-    rc = xen_get_vmport_regs_pfn(xen_xc, xen_domid, &ioreq_pfn);
-    if (!rc) {
-        DPRINTF("shared vmport page at pfn %lx\n", ioreq_pfn);
-        state->shared_vmport_page =
-            xenforeignmemory_map(xen_fmem, xen_domid, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
-                                 1, &ioreq_pfn, NULL);
-        if (state->shared_vmport_page == NULL) {
-            error_report("map shared vmport IO page returned error %d handle=%p",
-                         errno, xen_xc);
-            goto err;
-        }
-    } else if (rc != -ENOSYS) {
-        error_report("get vmport regs pfn returned error %d, rc=%d",
-                     errno, rc);
-        goto err;
-    }
-
     /* Note: cpus is empty at this point in init */
     state->cpu_by_vcpu_id = g_new0(CPUState *, max_cpus);
 
@@ -1490,7 +1467,6 @@ void xen_hvm_init_pc(PCMachineState *pcms, MemoryRegion **ram_memory)
 #else
     xen_map_cache_init(NULL, state);
 #endif
-    xen_ram_init(pcms, ms->ram_size, ram_memory);
 
     qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(xen_hvm_change_state_handler, state);
 
@@ -1511,6 +1487,31 @@ void xen_hvm_init_pc(PCMachineState *pcms, MemoryRegion **ram_memory)
     QLIST_INIT(&xen_physmap);
     xen_read_physmap(state);
 
+    state->suspend.notify = xen_suspend_notifier;
+    qemu_register_suspend_notifier(&state->suspend);
+
+    state->wakeup.notify = xen_wakeup_notifier;
+    qemu_register_wakeup_notifier(&state->wakeup);
+
+    rc = xen_get_vmport_regs_pfn(xen_xc, xen_domid, &ioreq_pfn);
+    if (!rc) {
+        DPRINTF("shared vmport page at pfn %lx\n", ioreq_pfn);
+        state->shared_vmport_page =
+            xenforeignmemory_map(xen_fmem, xen_domid, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
+                                 1, &ioreq_pfn, NULL);
+        if (state->shared_vmport_page == NULL) {
+            error_report("map shared vmport IO page returned error %d handle=%p",
+                         errno, xen_xc);
+            goto err;
+        }
+    } else if (rc != -ENOSYS) {
+        error_report("get vmport regs pfn returned error %d, rc=%d",
+                     errno, rc);
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    xen_ram_init(pcms, ms->ram_size, ram_memory);
+
     /* Disable ACPI build because Xen handles it */
     pcms->acpi_build_enabled = false;