diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 8562fcac9c..3fdca46a6a 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -775,10 +775,21 @@ static void register_multipage(AddressSpaceDispatch *d, MemoryRegionSection *sec
                   section_index);
 }
 
+QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(TARGET_PHYS_ADDR_SPACE_BITS > MAX_PHYS_ADDR_SPACE_BITS)
+
+static MemoryRegionSection limit(MemoryRegionSection section)
+{
+    section.size = MIN(section.offset_within_address_space + section.size,
+                       MAX_PHYS_ADDR + 1)
+                   - section.offset_within_address_space;
+
+    return section;
+}
+
 static void mem_add(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section)
 {
     AddressSpaceDispatch *d = container_of(listener, AddressSpaceDispatch, listener);
-    MemoryRegionSection now = *section, remain = *section;
+    MemoryRegionSection now = limit(*section), remain = limit(*section);
 
     if ((now.offset_within_address_space & ~TARGET_PAGE_MASK)
         || (now.size < TARGET_PAGE_SIZE)) {
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 91be2a3c7a..fdf55feea1 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include "exec/ioport.h"
 #include "qemu/int128.h"
 
+#define MAX_PHYS_ADDR_SPACE_BITS 62
+#define MAX_PHYS_ADDR            (((hwaddr)1 << MAX_PHYS_ADDR_SPACE_BITS) - 1)
+
 typedef struct MemoryRegionOps MemoryRegionOps;
 typedef struct MemoryRegionPortio MemoryRegionPortio;
 typedef struct MemoryRegionMmio MemoryRegionMmio;