---
softmmu/vl.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 5549f4b619..38e9c404f2 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -4287,6 +4287,11 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
backend = object_resolve_path_type(current_machine->ram_memdev_id,
TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND, NULL);
+ if (!backend) {
+ error_report("Memory backend '%s' not found",
+ current_machine->ram_memdev_id);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
backend_size = object_property_get_uint(backend, "size",
&error_abort);
if (have_custom_ram_size && backend_size != ram_size) {
error_report("Size specified by -m option must match size of "