diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 050cb63e33..119adec312 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -8492,7 +8492,11 @@ static void nvme_init_ctrl(NvmeCtrl *n, PCIDevice *pci_dev)
     id->cntlid = cpu_to_le16(n->cntlid);
 
     id->oaes = cpu_to_le32(NVME_OAES_NS_ATTR);
-    ctratt = NVME_CTRATT_ELBAS | NVME_CTRATT_MEM;
+
+    ctratt = NVME_CTRATT_ELBAS;
+    if (n->params.ctratt.mem) {
+        ctratt |= NVME_CTRATT_MEM;
+    }
 
     id->rab = 6;
 
@@ -8751,6 +8755,7 @@ static Property nvme_props[] = {
                      false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("mqes", NvmeCtrl, params.mqes, 0x7ff),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("spdm_port", PCIDevice, spdm_port, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("ctratt.mem", NvmeCtrl, params.ctratt.mem, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/nvme/nvme.h b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
index 781985754d..bd3c6ba33a 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/nvme.h
+++ b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
@@ -538,6 +538,10 @@ typedef struct NvmeParams {
     uint32_t  sriov_max_vq_per_vf;
     uint32_t  sriov_max_vi_per_vf;
     bool     msix_exclusive_bar;
+
+    struct {
+        bool mem;
+    } ctratt;
 } NvmeParams;
 
 typedef struct NvmeCtrl {