diff --git a/hw/remote/memory.c b/hw/remote/memory.c
index 472ed2a272..6e21ab1a45 100644
--- a/hw/remote/memory.c
+++ b/hw/remote/memory.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void remote_sysmem_reconfig(MPQemuMsg *msg, Error **errp)
         subregion = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
         memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(subregion, NULL,
                                        name, sysmem_info->sizes[region],
-                                       true, msg->fds[region],
+                                       RAM_SHARED, msg->fds[region],
                                        sysmem_info->offsets[region],
                                        errp);