diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 796a77e234..4f71ac10fd 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -4137,6 +4137,9 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     machine_opts = qemu_get_machine_opts();
     qemu_opt_foreach(machine_opts, machine_set_property, current_machine,
                      &error_fatal);
+    current_machine->ram_size = ram_size;
+    current_machine->maxram_size = maxram_size;
+    current_machine->ram_slots = ram_slots;
 
     /*
      * Note: uses machine properties such as kernel-irqchip, must run
@@ -4320,10 +4323,6 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         }
     }
 
-    current_machine->ram_size = ram_size;
-    current_machine->maxram_size = maxram_size;
-    current_machine->ram_slots = ram_slots;
-
     parse_numa_opts(current_machine);
 
     if (machine_class->default_ram_id && current_machine->ram_size &&