diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 3e78de3b8f..4fd6ec2bd0 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -1749,6 +1749,7 @@ long qemu_minrampagesize(void)
     long hpsize = LONG_MAX;
     long mainrampagesize;
     Object *memdev_root;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
 
     mainrampagesize = qemu_mempath_getpagesize(mem_path);
 
@@ -1776,7 +1777,9 @@ long qemu_minrampagesize(void)
      * so if its page size is smaller we have got to report that size instead.
      */
     if (hpsize > mainrampagesize &&
-        (nb_numa_nodes == 0 || numa_info[0].node_memdev == NULL)) {
+        (ms->numa_state == NULL ||
+         ms->numa_state->num_nodes == 0 ||
+         numa_info[0].node_memdev == NULL)) {
         static bool warned;
         if (!warned) {
             error_report("Huge page support disabled (n/a for main memory).");
diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index 555c24f21d..63c1cae8c9 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -1726,10 +1726,11 @@ void build_srat_memory(AcpiSratMemoryAffinity *numamem, uint64_t base,
  * ACPI spec 5.2.17 System Locality Distance Information Table
  * (Revision 2.0 or later)
  */
-void build_slit(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker)
+void build_slit(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, MachineState *ms)
 {
     int slit_start, i, j;
     slit_start = table_data->len;
+    int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 
     acpi_data_push(table_data, sizeof(AcpiTableHeader));
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c
index ba604f8277..d02d2dae85 100644
--- a/hw/arm/boot.c
+++ b/hw/arm/boot.c
@@ -598,9 +598,9 @@ int arm_load_dtb(hwaddr addr, const struct arm_boot_info *binfo,
     }
     g_strfreev(node_path);
 
-    if (nb_numa_nodes > 0) {
+    if (ms->numa_state != NULL && ms->numa_state->num_nodes > 0) {
         mem_base = binfo->loader_start;
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; i++) {
             mem_len = numa_info[i].node_mem;
             rc = fdt_add_memory_node(fdt, acells, mem_base,
                                      scells, mem_len, i);
diff --git a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
index 2aba3c58c5..22847909bf 100644
--- a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
+++ b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ static void create_fdt(SBSAMachineState *sms)
 {
     void *fdt = create_device_tree(&sms->fdt_size);
     const MachineState *ms = MACHINE(sms);
+    int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
     int cpu;
 
     if (!fdt) {
@@ -760,7 +761,7 @@ sbsa_ref_cpu_index_to_props(MachineState *ms, unsigned cpu_index)
 static int64_t
 sbsa_ref_get_default_cpu_node_id(const MachineState *ms, int idx)
 {
-    return idx % nb_numa_nodes;
+    return idx % ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 }
 
 static void sbsa_ref_instance_init(Object *obj)
@@ -787,6 +788,7 @@ static void sbsa_ref_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids = sbsa_ref_possible_cpu_arch_ids;
     mc->cpu_index_to_instance_props = sbsa_ref_cpu_index_to_props;
     mc->get_default_cpu_node_id = sbsa_ref_get_default_cpu_node_id;
+    mc->numa_mem_supported = true;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo sbsa_ref_info = {
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c b/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
index 0afb372769..a2cc4b84fe 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
@@ -516,7 +516,8 @@ build_srat(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtMachineState *vms)
     int i, srat_start;
     uint64_t mem_base;
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(vms);
-    const CPUArchIdList *cpu_list = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(MACHINE(vms));
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(vms);
+    const CPUArchIdList *cpu_list = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(ms);
 
     srat_start = table_data->len;
     srat = acpi_data_push(table_data, sizeof(*srat));
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ build_srat(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtMachineState *vms)
     }
 
     mem_base = vms->memmap[VIRT_MEM].base;
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; ++i) {
+    for (i = 0; i < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; ++i) {
         if (numa_info[i].node_mem > 0) {
             numamem = acpi_data_push(table_data, sizeof(*numamem));
             build_srat_memory(numamem, mem_base, numa_info[i].node_mem, i,
@@ -758,6 +759,7 @@ void virt_acpi_build(VirtMachineState *vms, AcpiBuildTables *tables)
     GArray *table_offsets;
     unsigned dsdt, xsdt;
     GArray *tables_blob = tables->table_data;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(vms);
 
     table_offsets = g_array_new(false, true /* clear */,
                                         sizeof(uint32_t));
@@ -792,12 +794,12 @@ void virt_acpi_build(VirtMachineState *vms, AcpiBuildTables *tables)
     acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
     build_spcr(tables_blob, tables->linker, vms);
 
-    if (nb_numa_nodes > 0) {
+    if (ms->numa_state->num_nodes > 0) {
         acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
         build_srat(tables_blob, tables->linker, vms);
         if (have_numa_distance) {
             acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
-            build_slit(tables_blob, tables->linker);
+            build_slit(tables_blob, tables->linker, ms);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 6ffb80bf5b..c72b8fd3a7 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ static bool cpu_type_valid(const char *cpu)
 
 static void create_fdt(VirtMachineState *vms)
 {
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(vms);
+    int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
     void *fdt = create_device_tree(&vms->fdt_size);
 
     if (!fdt) {
@@ -1842,7 +1844,7 @@ virt_cpu_index_to_props(MachineState *ms, unsigned cpu_index)
 
 static int64_t virt_get_default_cpu_node_id(const MachineState *ms, int idx)
 {
-    return idx % nb_numa_nodes;
+    return idx % ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 }
 
 static const CPUArchIdList *virt_possible_cpu_arch_ids(MachineState *ms)
diff --git a/hw/core/machine-hmp-cmds.c b/hw/core/machine-hmp-cmds.c
index 1f66bda346..6a1a2599d8 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -139,15 +139,21 @@ void hmp_info_memdev(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
 void hmp_info_numa(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
-    int i;
+    int i, nb_numa_nodes;
     NumaNodeMem *node_mem;
     CpuInfoList *cpu_list, *cpu;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+
+    nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state ? ms->numa_state->num_nodes : 0;
+    monitor_printf(mon, "%d nodes\n", nb_numa_nodes);
+    if (!nb_numa_nodes) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     cpu_list = qmp_query_cpus(&error_abort);
     node_mem = g_new0(NumaNodeMem, nb_numa_nodes);
 
-    query_numa_node_mem(node_mem);
-    monitor_printf(mon, "%d nodes\n", nb_numa_nodes);
+    query_numa_node_mem(node_mem, ms);
     for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
         monitor_printf(mon, "node %d cpus:", i);
         for (cpu = cpu_list; cpu; cpu = cpu->next) {
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index c58a8e594e..1b6a304e1c 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -969,6 +969,9 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
                                         NULL);
     }
 
+    if (mc->numa_mem_supported) {
+        ms->numa_state = g_new0(NumaState, 1);
+    }
 
     /* Register notifier when init is done for sysbus sanity checks */
     ms->sysbus_notifier.notify = machine_init_notify;
@@ -989,6 +992,7 @@ static void machine_finalize(Object *obj)
     g_free(ms->firmware);
     g_free(ms->device_memory);
     g_free(ms->nvdimms_state);
+    g_free(ms->numa_state);
 }
 
 bool machine_usb(MachineState *machine)
@@ -1063,7 +1067,7 @@ static void machine_numa_finish_cpu_init(MachineState *machine)
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
     const CPUArchIdList *possible_cpus = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(machine);
 
-    assert(nb_numa_nodes);
+    assert(machine->numa_state->num_nodes);
     for (i = 0; i < possible_cpus->len; i++) {
         if (possible_cpus->cpus[i].props.has_node_id) {
             break;
@@ -1109,9 +1113,11 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine)
 {
     MachineClass *machine_class = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
 
-    numa_complete_configuration(machine);
-    if (nb_numa_nodes) {
-        machine_numa_finish_cpu_init(machine);
+    if (machine_class->numa_mem_supported) {
+        numa_complete_configuration(machine);
+        if (machine->numa_state->num_nodes) {
+            machine_numa_finish_cpu_init(machine);
+        }
     }
 
     /* If the machine supports the valid_cpu_types check and the user
diff --git a/hw/core/numa.c b/hw/core/numa.c
index a11431483c..4d5e308bf1 100644
--- a/hw/core/numa.c
+++ b/hw/core/numa.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static int have_mem;
 static int max_numa_nodeid; /* Highest specified NUMA node ID, plus one.
                              * For all nodes, nodeid < max_numa_nodeid
                              */
-int nb_numa_nodes;
 bool have_numa_distance;
 NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ static void parse_numa_node(MachineState *ms, NumaNodeOptions *node,
     if (node->has_nodeid) {
         nodenr = node->nodeid;
     } else {
-        nodenr = nb_numa_nodes;
+        nodenr = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
     }
 
     if (nodenr >= MAX_NODES) {
@@ -133,10 +132,11 @@ static void parse_numa_node(MachineState *ms, NumaNodeOptions *node,
     }
     numa_info[nodenr].present = true;
     max_numa_nodeid = MAX(max_numa_nodeid, nodenr + 1);
-    nb_numa_nodes++;
+    ms->numa_state->num_nodes++;
 }
 
-static void parse_numa_distance(NumaDistOptions *dist, Error **errp)
+static
+void parse_numa_distance(MachineState *ms, NumaDistOptions *dist, Error **errp)
 {
     uint16_t src = dist->src;
     uint16_t dst = dist->dst;
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ static void parse_numa_distance(NumaDistOptions *dist, Error **errp)
 void set_numa_options(MachineState *ms, NumaOptions *object, Error **errp)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms);
+
+    if (!mc->numa_mem_supported) {
+        error_setg(errp, "NUMA is not supported by this machine-type");
+        goto end;
+    }
 
     switch (object->type) {
     case NUMA_OPTIONS_TYPE_NODE:
@@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ void set_numa_options(MachineState *ms, NumaOptions *object, Error **errp)
         }
         break;
     case NUMA_OPTIONS_TYPE_DIST:
-        parse_numa_distance(&object->u.dist, &err);
+        parse_numa_distance(ms, &object->u.dist, &err);
         if (err) {
             goto end;
         }
@@ -248,10 +254,11 @@ end:
  * distance from a node to itself is always NUMA_DISTANCE_MIN,
  * so providing it is never necessary.
  */
-static void validate_numa_distance(void)
+static void validate_numa_distance(MachineState *ms)
 {
     int src, dst;
     bool is_asymmetrical = false;
+    int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 
     for (src = 0; src < nb_numa_nodes; src++) {
         for (dst = src; dst < nb_numa_nodes; dst++) {
@@ -289,7 +296,7 @@ static void validate_numa_distance(void)
     }
 }
 
-static void complete_init_numa_distance(void)
+static void complete_init_numa_distance(MachineState *ms)
 {
     int src, dst;
 
@@ -298,8 +305,8 @@ static void complete_init_numa_distance(void)
      * there would not be any missing distance except local node, which
      * is verified by validate_numa_distance above.
      */
-    for (src = 0; src < nb_numa_nodes; src++) {
-        for (dst = 0; dst < nb_numa_nodes; dst++) {
+    for (src = 0; src < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; src++) {
+        for (dst = 0; dst < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; dst++) {
             if (numa_info[src].distance[dst] == 0) {
                 if (src == dst) {
                     numa_info[src].distance[dst] = NUMA_DISTANCE_MIN;
@@ -365,7 +372,7 @@ void numa_complete_configuration(MachineState *ms)
      *
      * Enable NUMA implicitly by adding a new NUMA node automatically.
      */
-    if (ms->ram_slots > 0 && nb_numa_nodes == 0 &&
+    if (ms->ram_slots > 0 && ms->numa_state->num_nodes == 0 &&
         mc->auto_enable_numa_with_memhp) {
             NumaNodeOptions node = { };
             parse_numa_node(ms, &node, &error_abort);
@@ -383,26 +390,27 @@ void numa_complete_configuration(MachineState *ms)
     }
 
     /* This must be always true if all nodes are present: */
-    assert(nb_numa_nodes == max_numa_nodeid);
+    assert(ms->numa_state->num_nodes == max_numa_nodeid);
 
-    if (nb_numa_nodes > 0) {
+    if (ms->numa_state->num_nodes > 0) {
         uint64_t numa_total;
 
-        if (nb_numa_nodes > MAX_NODES) {
-            nb_numa_nodes = MAX_NODES;
+        if (ms->numa_state->num_nodes > MAX_NODES) {
+            ms->numa_state->num_nodes = MAX_NODES;
         }
 
         /* If no memory size is given for any node, assume the default case
          * and distribute the available memory equally across all nodes
          */
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; i++) {
             if (numa_info[i].node_mem != 0) {
                 break;
             }
         }
-        if (i == nb_numa_nodes) {
+        if (i == ms->numa_state->num_nodes) {
             assert(mc->numa_auto_assign_ram);
-            mc->numa_auto_assign_ram(mc, numa_info, nb_numa_nodes, ram_size);
+            mc->numa_auto_assign_ram(mc, numa_info,
+                                     ms->numa_state->num_nodes, ram_size);
             if (!qtest_enabled()) {
                 warn_report("Default splitting of RAM between nodes is deprecated,"
                             " Use '-numa node,memdev' to explictly define RAM"
@@ -411,7 +419,7 @@ void numa_complete_configuration(MachineState *ms)
         }
 
         numa_total = 0;
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; i++) {
             numa_total += numa_info[i].node_mem;
         }
         if (numa_total != ram_size) {
@@ -435,10 +443,10 @@ void numa_complete_configuration(MachineState *ms)
          */
         if (have_numa_distance) {
             /* Validate enough NUMA distance information was provided. */
-            validate_numa_distance();
+            validate_numa_distance(ms);
 
             /* Validation succeeded, now fill in any missing distances. */
-            complete_init_numa_distance();
+            complete_init_numa_distance(ms);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -505,14 +513,16 @@ void memory_region_allocate_system_memory(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
 {
     uint64_t addr = 0;
     int i;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
 
-    if (nb_numa_nodes == 0 || !have_memdevs) {
+    if (ms->numa_state == NULL ||
+        ms->numa_state->num_nodes == 0 || !have_memdevs) {
         allocate_system_memory_nonnuma(mr, owner, name, ram_size);
         return;
     }
 
     memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, ram_size);
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; i++) {
         uint64_t size = numa_info[i].node_mem;
         HostMemoryBackend *backend = numa_info[i].node_memdev;
         if (!backend) {
@@ -570,16 +580,16 @@ static void numa_stat_memory_devices(NumaNodeMem node_mem[])
     qapi_free_MemoryDeviceInfoList(info_list);
 }
 
-void query_numa_node_mem(NumaNodeMem node_mem[])
+void query_numa_node_mem(NumaNodeMem node_mem[], MachineState *ms)
 {
     int i;
 
-    if (nb_numa_nodes <= 0) {
+    if (ms->numa_state == NULL || ms->numa_state->num_nodes <= 0) {
         return;
     }
 
     numa_stat_memory_devices(node_mem);
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; i++) {
         node_mem[i].node_mem += numa_info[i].node_mem;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index f3fdfefcd5..d4c092358d 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -2694,7 +2694,7 @@ void acpi_build(AcpiBuildTables *tables, MachineState *machine)
         build_srat(tables_blob, tables->linker, machine);
         if (have_numa_distance) {
             acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
-            build_slit(tables_blob, tables->linker);
+            build_slit(tables_blob, tables->linker, machine);
         }
     }
     if (acpi_get_mcfg(&mcfg)) {
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 549c437050..b2cc618fbf 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -996,6 +996,8 @@ static FWCfgState *bochs_bios_init(AddressSpace *as, PCMachineState *pcms)
     int i;
     const CPUArchIdList *cpus;
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(pcms);
+    int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 
     fw_cfg = fw_cfg_init_io_dma(FW_CFG_IO_BASE, FW_CFG_IO_BASE + 4, as);
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_NB_CPUS, pcms->boot_cpus);
@@ -1759,12 +1761,13 @@ void pc_machine_done(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
 void pc_guest_info_init(PCMachineState *pcms)
 {
     int i;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(pcms);
 
     pcms->apic_xrupt_override = kvm_allows_irq0_override();
-    pcms->numa_nodes = nb_numa_nodes;
+    pcms->numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
     pcms->node_mem = g_malloc0(pcms->numa_nodes *
                                     sizeof *pcms->node_mem);
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < ms->numa_state->num_nodes; i++) {
         pcms->node_mem[i] = numa_info[i].node_mem;
     }
 
@@ -2847,7 +2850,7 @@ static int64_t pc_get_default_cpu_node_id(const MachineState *ms, int idx)
    x86_topo_ids_from_apicid(ms->possible_cpus->cpus[idx].arch_id,
                             pcms->smp_dies, ms->smp.cores,
                             ms->smp.threads, &topo);
-   return topo.pkg_id % nb_numa_nodes;
+   return topo.pkg_id % ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 }
 
 static const CPUArchIdList *pc_possible_cpu_arch_ids(MachineState *ms)
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index b1239fd0d3..0a32a9fb17 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ static void pc_dimm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(dev);
     PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(dimm);
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 
     if (!dimm->hostmem) {
         error_setg(errp, "'" PC_DIMM_MEMDEV_PROP "' property is not set");
diff --git a/hw/pci-bridge/pci_expander_bridge.c b/hw/pci-bridge/pci_expander_bridge.c
index aecf3d7ddf..d83d89d701 100644
--- a/hw/pci-bridge/pci_expander_bridge.c
+++ b/hw/pci-bridge/pci_expander_bridge.c
@@ -212,9 +212,15 @@ static void pxb_dev_realize_common(PCIDevice *dev, bool pcie, Error **errp)
     PCIBus *bus;
     const char *dev_name = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+
+    if (ms->numa_state == NULL) {
+        error_setg(errp, "NUMA is not supported by this machine-type");
+        return;
+    }
 
     if (pxb->numa_node != NUMA_NODE_UNASSIGNED &&
-        pxb->numa_node >= nb_numa_nodes) {
+        pxb->numa_node >= ms->numa_state->num_nodes) {
         error_setg(errp, "Illegal numa node %d", pxb->numa_node);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 821f0d4a49..1c7c12c415 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_dt(void *fdt, SpaprMachineState *spapr)
             return ret;
         }
 
-        if (nb_numa_nodes > 1) {
+        if (ms->numa_state->num_nodes > 1) {
             ret = spapr_fixup_cpu_numa_dt(fdt, offset, cpu);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 return ret;
@@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_dt(void *fdt, SpaprMachineState *spapr)
 
 static hwaddr spapr_node0_size(MachineState *machine)
 {
-    if (nb_numa_nodes) {
+    if (machine->numa_state->num_nodes) {
         int i;
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; ++i) {
+        for (i = 0; i < machine->numa_state->num_nodes; ++i) {
             if (numa_info[i].node_mem) {
                 return MIN(pow2floor(numa_info[i].node_mem),
                            machine->ram_size);
@@ -398,13 +398,14 @@ static int spapr_populate_memory(SpaprMachineState *spapr, void *fdt)
 {
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
     hwaddr mem_start, node_size;
-    int i, nb_nodes = nb_numa_nodes;
+    int i, nb_nodes = machine->numa_state->num_nodes;
     NodeInfo *nodes = numa_info;
     NodeInfo ramnode;
 
     /* No NUMA nodes, assume there is just one node with whole RAM */
-    if (!nb_numa_nodes) {
+    if (!nb_nodes) {
         nb_nodes = 1;
+        machine->numa_state->num_nodes = nb_nodes;
         ramnode.node_mem = machine->ram_size;
         nodes = &ramnode;
     }
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ static void spapr_populate_cpu_dt(CPUState *cs, void *fdt, int offset,
     _FDT((fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "ibm,pft-size",
                       pft_size_prop, sizeof(pft_size_prop))));
 
-    if (nb_numa_nodes > 1) {
+    if (ms->numa_state->num_nodes > 1) {
         _FDT(spapr_fixup_cpu_numa_dt(fdt, offset, cpu));
     }
 
@@ -861,6 +862,7 @@ static int spapr_populate_drmem_v1(SpaprMachineState *spapr, void *fdt,
 static int spapr_populate_drconf_memory(SpaprMachineState *spapr, void *fdt)
 {
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
+    int nb_numa_nodes = machine->numa_state->num_nodes;
     int ret, i, offset;
     uint64_t lmb_size = SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
     uint32_t prop_lmb_size[] = {0, cpu_to_be32(lmb_size)};
@@ -1750,7 +1752,7 @@ static void spapr_machine_reset(MachineState *machine)
      * The final value of spapr->gpu_numa_id is going to be written to
      * max-associativity-domains in spapr_build_fdt().
      */
-    spapr->gpu_numa_id = MAX(1, nb_numa_nodes);
+    spapr->gpu_numa_id = MAX(1, machine->numa_state->num_nodes);
     qemu_devices_reset();
 
     /*
@@ -2537,7 +2539,7 @@ static void spapr_validate_node_memory(MachineState *machine, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < machine->numa_state->num_nodes; i++) {
         if (numa_info[i].node_mem % SPAPR_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE) {
             error_setg(errp,
                        "Node %d memory size 0x%" PRIx64
@@ -4139,7 +4141,7 @@ spapr_cpu_index_to_props(MachineState *machine, unsigned cpu_index)
 
 static int64_t spapr_get_default_cpu_node_id(const MachineState *ms, int idx)
 {
-    return idx / ms->smp.cores % nb_numa_nodes;
+    return idx / ms->smp.cores % ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
 }
 
 static const CPUArchIdList *spapr_possible_cpu_arch_ids(MachineState *machine)
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
index 1a563ad756..991cf05134 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ build_append_gas_from_struct(GArray *table, const struct AcpiGenericAddress *s)
 void build_srat_memory(AcpiSratMemoryAffinity *numamem, uint64_t base,
                        uint64_t len, int node, MemoryAffinityFlags flags);
 
-void build_slit(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker);
+void build_slit(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, MachineState *ms);
 
 void build_fadt(GArray *tbl, BIOSLinker *linker, const AcpiFadtData *f,
                 const char *oem_id, const char *oem_table_id);
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index a71d1a53a5..2eb9a0b4e0 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ struct MachineState {
     CPUArchIdList *possible_cpus;
     CpuTopology smp;
     struct NVDIMMState *nvdimms_state;
+    struct NumaState *numa_state;
 };
 
 #define DEFINE_MACHINE(namestr, machine_initfn) \
diff --git a/include/sysemu/numa.h b/include/sysemu/numa.h
index 01a263eba2..3e8dbf20c1 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/numa.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/numa.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 
-extern int nb_numa_nodes;   /* Number of NUMA nodes */
 extern bool have_numa_distance;
 
 struct NodeInfo {
@@ -23,10 +22,17 @@ struct NumaNodeMem {
 
 extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 
+struct NumaState {
+    /* Number of NUMA nodes */
+    int num_nodes;
+
+};
+typedef struct NumaState NumaState;
+
 void set_numa_options(MachineState *ms, NumaOptions *object, Error **errp);
 void parse_numa_opts(MachineState *ms);
 void numa_complete_configuration(MachineState *ms);
-void query_numa_node_mem(NumaNodeMem node_mem[]);
+void query_numa_node_mem(NumaNodeMem node_mem[], MachineState *ms);
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
 void numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
                                  int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size);
