diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index bcb0e184a0..3760d37c02 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -2578,20 +2578,6 @@ static void spapr_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     uint64_t align = memory_region_get_alignment(mr);
     uint64_t size = memory_region_size(mr);
     uint64_t addr;
-    char *mem_dev;
-
-    if (size % SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "Hotplugged memory size must be a multiple of "
-                      "%lld MB", SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE/M_BYTE);
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    mem_dev = object_property_get_str(OBJECT(dimm), PC_DIMM_MEMDEV_PROP, NULL);
-    if (mem_dev && !kvmppc_is_mem_backend_page_size_ok(mem_dev)) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "Memory backend has bad page size. "
-                   "Use 'memory-backend-file' with correct mem-path.");
-        goto out;
-    }
 
     pc_dimm_memory_plug(dev, &ms->hotplug_memory, mr, align, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
@@ -2612,6 +2598,29 @@ out:
     error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
+static void spapr_memory_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
+                                  Error **errp)
+{
+    PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(dev);
+    PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(dimm);
+    MemoryRegion *mr = ddc->get_memory_region(dimm);
+    uint64_t size = memory_region_size(mr);
+    char *mem_dev;
+
+    if (size % SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Hotplugged memory size must be a multiple of "
+                      "%lld MB", SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE / M_BYTE);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    mem_dev = object_property_get_str(OBJECT(dimm), PC_DIMM_MEMDEV_PROP, NULL);
+    if (mem_dev && !kvmppc_is_mem_backend_page_size_ok(mem_dev)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Memory backend has bad page size. "
+                   "Use 'memory-backend-file' with correct mem-path.");
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
 typedef struct sPAPRDIMMState {
     uint32_t nr_lmbs;
 } sPAPRDIMMState;
@@ -3006,7 +3015,9 @@ static void spapr_machine_device_unplug_request(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 static void spapr_machine_device_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                                           DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
-    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE)) {
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
+        spapr_memory_pre_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
+    } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE)) {
         spapr_core_pre_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
     }
 }