diff --git a/hw/i386/microvm.c b/hw/i386/microvm.c
index d23485108d..38d8e51703 100644
--- a/hw/i386/microvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/microvm.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void microvm_memory_init(MicrovmMachineState *mms)
 {
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(mms);
     X86MachineState *x86ms = X86_MACHINE(mms);
-    MemoryRegion *ram, *ram_below_4g, *ram_above_4g;
+    MemoryRegion *ram_below_4g, *ram_above_4g;
     MemoryRegion *system_memory = get_system_memory();
     FWCfgState *fw_cfg;
     ram_addr_t lowmem;
@@ -214,12 +214,8 @@ static void microvm_memory_init(MicrovmMachineState *mms)
         x86ms->below_4g_mem_size = machine->ram_size;
     }
 
-    ram = g_malloc(sizeof(*ram));
-    memory_region_allocate_system_memory(ram, NULL, "microvm.ram",
-                                         machine->ram_size);
-
     ram_below_4g = g_malloc(sizeof(*ram_below_4g));
-    memory_region_init_alias(ram_below_4g, NULL, "ram-below-4g", ram,
+    memory_region_init_alias(ram_below_4g, NULL, "ram-below-4g", machine->ram,
                              0, x86ms->below_4g_mem_size);
     memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, 0, ram_below_4g);
 
@@ -227,7 +223,8 @@ static void microvm_memory_init(MicrovmMachineState *mms)
 
     if (x86ms->above_4g_mem_size > 0) {
         ram_above_4g = g_malloc(sizeof(*ram_above_4g));
-        memory_region_init_alias(ram_above_4g, NULL, "ram-above-4g", ram,
+        memory_region_init_alias(ram_above_4g, NULL, "ram-above-4g",
+                                 machine->ram,
                                  x86ms->below_4g_mem_size,
                                  x86ms->above_4g_mem_size);
         memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, 0x100000000ULL,
@@ -502,6 +499,7 @@ static void microvm_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->auto_enable_numa_with_memhp = false;
     mc->default_cpu_type = TARGET_DEFAULT_CPU_TYPE;
     mc->nvdimm_supported = false;
+    mc->default_ram_id = "microvm.ram";
 
     /* Avoid relying too much on kernel components */
     mc->default_kernel_irqchip_split = true;