diff --git a/hw/display/g364fb.c b/hw/display/g364fb.c
index 46f7b41..cce33ae 100644
--- a/hw/display/g364fb.c
+++ b/hw/display/g364fb.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static void g364fb_init(DeviceState *dev, G364State *s)
 
     memory_region_init_io(&s->mem_ctrl, NULL, &g364fb_ctrl_ops, s, "ctrl", 0x180000);
     memory_region_init_ram_ptr(&s->mem_vram, NULL, "vram",
-                               s->vram_size, s->vram);
+                               s->vram_size, s->vram, &error_abort);
     vmstate_register_ram(&s->mem_vram, dev);
     memory_region_set_coalescing(&s->mem_vram);
 }
diff --git a/hw/i386/kvm/pci-assign.c b/hw/i386/kvm/pci-assign.c
index 13b9de0..b37d606 100644
--- a/hw/i386/kvm/pci-assign.c
+++ b/hw/i386/kvm/pci-assign.c
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ static void assigned_dev_register_regions(PCIRegion *io_regions,
                          object_get_typename(OBJECT(pci_dev)), i);
                 memory_region_init_ram_ptr(&pci_dev->v_addrs[i].real_iomem,
                                            OBJECT(pci_dev), name,
-                                           cur_region->size, virtbase);
+                                           cur_region->size, virtbase,
+                                           &error_abort);
                 vmstate_register_ram(&pci_dev->v_addrs[i].real_iomem,
                                      &pci_dev->dev.qdev);
             }
diff --git a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
index bd9d718..906a6b5 100644
--- a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
+++ b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static void create_shared_memory_BAR(IVShmemState *s, int fd) {
     ptr = mmap(0, s->ivshmem_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
 
     memory_region_init_ram_ptr(&s->ivshmem, OBJECT(s), "ivshmem.bar2",
-                               s->ivshmem_size, ptr);
+                               s->ivshmem_size, ptr, &error_abort);
     vmstate_register_ram(&s->ivshmem, DEVICE(s));
     memory_region_add_subregion(&s->bar, 0, &s->ivshmem);
 
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ static void ivshmem_read(void *opaque, const uint8_t * buf, int flags)
         map_ptr = mmap(0, s->ivshmem_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
                                                             incoming_fd, 0);
         memory_region_init_ram_ptr(&s->ivshmem, OBJECT(s),
-                                   "ivshmem.bar2", s->ivshmem_size, map_ptr);
+                                   "ivshmem.bar2", s->ivshmem_size, map_ptr,
+                                   &error_abort);
         vmstate_register_ram(&s->ivshmem, DEVICE(s));
 
         IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("guest h/w addr = %p, size = %" PRIu64 "\n",
diff --git a/hw/misc/vfio.c b/hw/misc/vfio.c
index 40dcaa6..abb8d1b 100644
--- a/hw/misc/vfio.c
+++ b/hw/misc/vfio.c
@@ -2910,7 +2910,8 @@ static int vfio_mmap_bar(VFIODevice *vdev, VFIOBAR *bar,
             goto empty_region;
         }
 
-        memory_region_init_ram_ptr(submem, OBJECT(vdev), name, size, *map);
+        memory_region_init_ram_ptr(submem, OBJECT(vdev), name, size, *map,
+                                   &error_abort);
     } else {
 empty_region:
         /* Create a zero sized sub-region to make cleanup easy. */
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 2ab4460..3c4aaf0 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     if (rma_alloc_size && rma) {
         rma_region = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
         memory_region_init_ram_ptr(rma_region, NULL, "ppc_spapr.rma",
-                                   rma_alloc_size, rma);
+                                   rma_alloc_size, rma, &error_abort);
         vmstate_register_ram_global(rma_region);
         memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, rma_region);
     }
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index fd4131b..dcb35a2 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -351,12 +351,14 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_from_file(MemoryRegion *mr,
  * @name: the name of the region.
  * @size: size of the region.
  * @ptr: memory to be mapped; must contain at least @size bytes.
+ * @errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.
  */
 void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr,
                                 struct Object *owner,
                                 const char *name,
                                 uint64_t size,
-                                void *ptr);
+                                void *ptr,
+                                Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * memory_region_init_alias: Initialize a memory region that aliases all or a
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 95fbaf8..ffe24ff 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -1173,13 +1173,14 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr,
                                 Object *owner,
                                 const char *name,
                                 uint64_t size,
-                                void *ptr)
+                                void *ptr,
+                                Error **errp)
 {
     memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
     mr->ram = true;
     mr->terminates = true;
     mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram_from_ptr;
-    mr->ram_addr = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
+    mr->ram_addr = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, errp);
 }
 
 void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
