diff --git a/hw/pci/pci.c b/hw/pci/pci.c
index 47ca3af69a..a563555e7d 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci.c
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ static void pci_add_option_rom(PCIDevice *pdev, bool is_default_rom,
         snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s.rom", object_get_typename(OBJECT(pdev)));
     }
     pdev->has_rom = true;
-    memory_region_init_ram(&pdev->rom, OBJECT(pdev), name, size, &error_fatal);
+    memory_region_init_rom(&pdev->rom, OBJECT(pdev), name, size, &error_fatal);
     vmstate_register_ram(&pdev->rom, &pdev->qdev);
     ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&pdev->rom);
     load_image(path, ptr);