diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 6077d27361..f2c15bf1f2 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -2078,6 +2078,7 @@ static void pc_memory_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     const MachineState *ms = MACHINE(hotplug_dev);
     const bool is_nvdimm = object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_NVDIMM);
     const uint64_t legacy_align = TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     /*
      * When -no-acpi is used with Q35 machine type, no ACPI is built,
@@ -2090,13 +2091,17 @@ static void pc_memory_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
         return;
     }
 
-    hotplug_handler_pre_plug(pcms->acpi_dev, dev, errp);
-
     if (is_nvdimm && !ms->nvdimms_state->is_enabled) {
         error_setg(errp, "nvdimm is not enabled: missing 'nvdimm' in '-M'");
         return;
     }
 
+    hotplug_handler_pre_plug(pcms->acpi_dev, dev, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return;
+    }
+
     pc_dimm_pre_plug(PC_DIMM(dev), MACHINE(hotplug_dev),
                      pcmc->enforce_aligned_dimm ? NULL : &legacy_align, errp);
 }