diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 6ed4203b97..ad8b826bc1 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -1751,22 +1751,15 @@ static void reclaim_ramblock(RAMBlock *block)
     g_free(block);
 }
 
-void qemu_ram_free(ram_addr_t addr)
+void qemu_ram_free(RAMBlock *block)
 {
-    RAMBlock *block;
-
     qemu_mutex_lock_ramlist();
-    QLIST_FOREACH_RCU(block, &ram_list.blocks, next) {
-        if (addr == block->offset) {
-            QLIST_REMOVE_RCU(block, next);
-            ram_list.mru_block = NULL;
-            /* Write list before version */
-            smp_wmb();
-            ram_list.version++;
-            call_rcu(block, reclaim_ramblock, rcu);
-            break;
-        }
-    }
+    QLIST_REMOVE_RCU(block, next);
+    ram_list.mru_block = NULL;
+    /* Write list before version */
+    smp_wmb();
+    ram_list.version++;
+    call_rcu(block, reclaim_ramblock, rcu);
     qemu_mutex_unlock_ramlist();
 }
 
diff --git a/include/exec/ram_addr.h b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
index 865e19b8ac..5adf7a4fcd 100644
--- a/include/exec/ram_addr.h
+++ b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_resizeable(ram_addr_t size, ram_addr_t max_size,
 int qemu_get_ram_fd(ram_addr_t addr);
 void qemu_set_ram_fd(ram_addr_t addr, int fd);
 void *qemu_get_ram_block_host_ptr(ram_addr_t addr);
-void qemu_ram_free(ram_addr_t addr);
+void qemu_ram_free(RAMBlock *block);
 
 int qemu_ram_resize(ram_addr_t base, ram_addr_t newsize, Error **errp);
 
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 5b5791caf4..9f5c4584d1 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -902,12 +902,12 @@ static void memory_region_destructor_none(MemoryRegion *mr)
 
 static void memory_region_destructor_ram(MemoryRegion *mr)
 {
-    qemu_ram_free(memory_region_get_ram_addr(mr));
+    qemu_ram_free(mr->ram_block);
 }
 
 static void memory_region_destructor_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr)
 {
-    qemu_ram_free(memory_region_get_ram_addr(mr) & TARGET_PAGE_MASK);
+    qemu_ram_free(mr->ram_block);
 }
 
 static bool memory_region_need_escape(char c)