diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 3d732cf5a5..8be50a4ad6 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,11 @@ FWCfgState *pc_memory_init(MachineState *machine,
         pcms->hotplug_memory_base =
             ROUND_UP(0x100000000ULL + above_4g_mem_size, 1ULL << 30);
 
+        if (pcms->enforce_aligned_dimm) {
+            /* size hotplug region assuming 1G page max alignment per slot */
+            hotplug_mem_size += (1ULL << 30) * machine->ram_slots;
+        }
+
         if ((pcms->hotplug_memory_base + hotplug_mem_size) <
             hotplug_mem_size) {
             error_report("unsupported amount of maximum memory: " RAM_ADDR_FMT,