diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
index 494f84e290..b9d92bf47e 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
      * handled by an overlapping region as the resulting ROM code subpage
      * regions are not executable.
      */
-    memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(bios_copy, NULL, "bios.1fc", BIOS_SIZE,
+    memory_region_init_ram(bios_copy, NULL, "bios.1fc", BIOS_SIZE,
                            &error_fatal);
     if (!rom_copy(memory_region_get_ram_ptr(bios_copy),
                   FLASH_ADDRESS, BIOS_SIZE)) {