diff --git a/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h b/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
index e8a104823d35..c8e903b821db 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct AspeedSoCState {
     ARMCPU cpu[ASPEED_CPUS_NUM];
     A15MPPrivState     a7mpcore;
     ARMv7MState        armv7m;
+    MemoryRegion *memory;
     MemoryRegion *dram_mr;
     MemoryRegion dram_container;
     MemoryRegion sram;
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index dc09773b0ba5..b43dc0fda853 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
                             &error_abort);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), "hw-strap2", amc->hw_strap2,
                             &error_abort);
+    object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), "memory",
+                             OBJECT(get_system_memory()), &error_abort);
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), "dram",
                              OBJECT(machine->ram), &error_abort);
     if (machine->kernel_filename) {
@@ -1336,6 +1338,8 @@ static void aspeed_minibmc_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(machine), "soc", &bmc->soc, amc->soc_name);
     qdev_connect_clock_in(DEVICE(&bmc->soc), "sysclk", sysclk);
 
+    object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), "memory",
+                             OBJECT(get_system_memory()), &error_abort);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&bmc->soc), "uart-default",
                          amc->uart_default);
     qdev_realize(DEVICE(&bmc->soc), NULL, &error_abort);
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_ast10x0.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_ast10x0.c
index 5df480a21f39..e074f80cc742 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_ast10x0.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_ast10x0.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ static void aspeed_soc_ast1030_realize(DeviceState *dev_soc, Error **errp)
 {
     AspeedSoCState *s = ASPEED_SOC(dev_soc);
     AspeedSoCClass *sc = ASPEED_SOC_GET_CLASS(s);
-    MemoryRegion *system_memory = get_system_memory();
     DeviceState *armv7m;
     Error *err = NULL;
     int i;
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ static void aspeed_soc_ast1030_realize(DeviceState *dev_soc, Error **errp)
     qdev_prop_set_string(armv7m, "cpu-type", sc->cpu_type);
     qdev_connect_clock_in(armv7m, "cpuclk", s->sysclk);
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&s->armv7m), "memory",
-                             OBJECT(system_memory), &error_abort);
+                             OBJECT(s->memory), &error_abort);
     sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->armv7m), &error_abort);
 
     /* Internal SRAM */
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ static void aspeed_soc_ast1030_realize(DeviceState *dev_soc, Error **errp)
         error_propagate(errp, err);
         return;
     }
-    memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory,
+    memory_region_add_subregion(s->memory,
                                 sc->memmap[ASPEED_DEV_SRAM],
                                 &s->sram);
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_ast2600.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_ast2600.c
index a4d90daf3702..e4aa908faba6 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_ast2600.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_ast2600.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static void aspeed_soc_ast2600_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&s->cpu[i]), "cntfrq", 1125000000,
                                 &error_abort);
         object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&s->cpu[i]), "memory",
-                                 OBJECT(get_system_memory()), &error_abort);
+                                 OBJECT(s->memory), &error_abort);
 
         if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->cpu[i]), NULL, errp)) {
             return;
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static void aspeed_soc_ast2600_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         error_propagate(errp, err);
         return;
     }
-    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(),
+    memory_region_add_subregion(s->memory,
                                 sc->memmap[ASPEED_DEV_SRAM], &s->sram);
 
     /* DPMCU */
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
index a53a0ca6d63a..502c23dd0218 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static void aspeed_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     /* CPU */
     for (i = 0; i < sc->num_cpus; i++) {
         object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&s->cpu[i]), "memory",
-                                 OBJECT(get_system_memory()), &error_abort);
+                                 OBJECT(s->memory), &error_abort);
         if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->cpu[i]), NULL, errp)) {
             return;
         }
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void aspeed_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         error_propagate(errp, err);
         return;
     }
-    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(),
+    memory_region_add_subregion(s->memory,
                                 sc->memmap[ASPEED_DEV_SRAM], &s->sram);
 
     /* SCU */
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ static void aspeed_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                        aspeed_soc_get_irq(s, ASPEED_DEV_HACE));
 }
 static Property aspeed_soc_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_LINK("memory", AspeedSoCState, memory, TYPE_MEMORY_REGION,
+                     MemoryRegion *),
     DEFINE_PROP_LINK("dram", AspeedSoCState, dram_mr, TYPE_MEMORY_REGION,
                      MemoryRegion *),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("uart-default", AspeedSoCState, uart_default,
@@ -555,14 +557,14 @@ void aspeed_soc_uart_init(AspeedSoCState *s)
     int i, uart;
 
     /* Attach an 8250 to the IO space as our UART */
-    serial_mm_init(get_system_memory(), sc->memmap[s->uart_default], 2,
+    serial_mm_init(s->memory, sc->memmap[s->uart_default], 2,
                    aspeed_soc_get_irq(s, s->uart_default), 38400,
                    serial_hd(0), DEVICE_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
     for (i = 1, uart = ASPEED_DEV_UART1; i < sc->uarts_num; i++, uart++) {
         if (uart == s->uart_default) {
             uart++;
         }
-        serial_mm_init(get_system_memory(), sc->memmap[uart], 2,
+        serial_mm_init(s->memory, sc->memmap[uart], 2,
                        aspeed_soc_get_irq(s, uart), 38400,
                        serial_hd(i), DEVICE_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
     }
@@ -604,7 +606,7 @@ bool aspeed_soc_dram_init(AspeedSoCState *s, Error **errp)
                       sysbus_mmio_get_region(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0), -1000);
     }
 
-    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(),
+    memory_region_add_subregion(s->memory,
                       sc->memmap[ASPEED_DEV_SDRAM], &s->dram_container);
     return true;
 }
