diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index 5d73267da1..7f01df1b61 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static struct arm_boot_info aspeed_board_binfo = {
 
 struct AspeedBoardState {
     AspeedSoCState soc;
+    MemoryRegion ram_container;
     MemoryRegion ram;
     MemoryRegion max_ram;
 };
@@ -159,6 +160,10 @@ static void aspeed_board_init(MachineState *machine,
     ram_addr_t max_ram_size;
 
     bmc = g_new0(AspeedBoardState, 1);
+
+    memory_region_init(&bmc->ram_container, NULL, "aspeed-ram-container",
+                       UINT32_MAX);
+
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(machine), "soc", &bmc->soc,
                             (sizeof(bmc->soc)), cfg->soc_name, &error_abort,
                             NULL);
@@ -193,16 +198,16 @@ static void aspeed_board_init(MachineState *machine,
                                         &error_abort);
 
     memory_region_allocate_system_memory(&bmc->ram, NULL, "ram", ram_size);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(&bmc->ram_container, 0, &bmc->ram);
     memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(),
-                                sc->info->memmap[ASPEED_SDRAM], &bmc->ram);
+                                sc->info->memmap[ASPEED_SDRAM],
+                                &bmc->ram_container);
 
     max_ram_size = object_property_get_uint(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), "max-ram-size",
                                             &error_abort);
     memory_region_init_io(&bmc->max_ram, NULL, &max_ram_ops, NULL,
                           "max_ram", max_ram_size  - ram_size);
-    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(),
-                                sc->info->memmap[ASPEED_SDRAM] + ram_size,
-                                &bmc->max_ram);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(&bmc->ram_container, ram_size, &bmc->max_ram);
 
     aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.fmc, cfg->fmc_model, &error_abort);
     aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.spi[0], cfg->spi_model, &error_abort);