diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c b/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c
index b934ca9d51..b2555ddb89 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c
@@ -143,14 +143,12 @@ static void mipsnet_init(int base, qemu_irq irq, NICInfo *nd)
 static void
 mips_mipssim_init(MachineState *machine)
 {
-    ram_addr_t ram_size = machine->ram_size;
     const char *kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
     const char *kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
     const char *initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
     char *filename;
     MemoryRegion *address_space_mem = get_system_memory();
     MemoryRegion *isa = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-    MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *bios = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MIPSCPU *cpu;
     CPUMIPSState *env;
@@ -167,13 +165,11 @@ mips_mipssim_init(MachineState *machine)
     qemu_register_reset(main_cpu_reset, reset_info);
 
     /* Allocate RAM. */
-    memory_region_allocate_system_memory(ram, NULL, "mips_mipssim.ram",
-                                         ram_size);
     memory_region_init_ram(bios, NULL, "mips_mipssim.bios", BIOS_SIZE,
                            &error_fatal);
     memory_region_set_readonly(bios, true);
 
-    memory_region_add_subregion(address_space_mem, 0, ram);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(address_space_mem, 0, machine->ram);
 
     /* Map the BIOS / boot exception handler. */
     memory_region_add_subregion(address_space_mem, 0x1fc00000LL, bios);
@@ -200,7 +196,7 @@ mips_mipssim_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     if (kernel_filename) {
-        loaderparams.ram_size = ram_size;
+        loaderparams.ram_size = machine->ram_size;
         loaderparams.kernel_filename = kernel_filename;
         loaderparams.kernel_cmdline = kernel_cmdline;
         loaderparams.initrd_filename = initrd_filename;
@@ -245,6 +241,7 @@ static void mips_mipssim_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
 #else
     mc->default_cpu_type = MIPS_CPU_TYPE_NAME("24Kf");
 #endif
+    mc->default_ram_id = "mips_mipssim.ram";
 }
 
 DEFINE_MACHINE("mipssim", mips_mipssim_machine_init)