diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 6ea0fecd12..dcc68f486d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5358,10 +5358,16 @@ qemuDomainMemoryDefPostParse(virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem, virArch arch,
      * later on by qemuDomainAlignMemorySizes() to contemplate existing
      * guests as well. */
     if (parseFlags & VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_ABI_UPDATE) {
-        if (ARCH_IS_PPC64(arch) &&
-            mem->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM &&
-            virDomainNVDimmAlignSizePseries(mem) < 0)
-            return -1;
+        if (ARCH_IS_PPC64(arch)) {
+            unsigned long long ppc64MemModuleAlign = 256 * 1024;
+
+            if (mem->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM) {
+                if (virDomainNVDimmAlignSizePseries(mem) < 0)
+                    return -1;
+            } else {
+                mem->size = VIR_ROUND_UP(mem->size, ppc64MemModuleAlign);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac741b80c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.args
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pseries,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m size=1048576k,slots=16,maxmem=4194304k \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-object memory-backend-ram,id=memdimm0,size=536870912 \
+-device pc-dimm,memdev=memdimm0,id=dimm0,slot=0 \
+-object memory-backend-ram,id=memdimm1,size=536870912 \
+-device pc-dimm,memdev=memdimm1,id=dimm1,slot=1 \
+-uuid 49545eb3-75e1-2d0a-acdd-f0294406c99e \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..03410026cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index a9bd210ca3..7c9dc0e641 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -3005,6 +3005,13 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma", QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM, QEMU_CAPS_NUMA,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+    DO_TEST_FULL("memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update",
+                 ARG_PARSEFLAGS, VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_ABI_UPDATE,
+                 ARG_QEMU_CAPS,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_NUMA, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-access");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label");
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4edb786e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>49545eb3-75e1-2d0a-acdd-f0294406c99e</uuid>
+  <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>4194304</maxMemory>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='none'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+    <memory model='dimm'>
+      <target>
+        <size unit='KiB'>524288</size>
+      </target>
+      <address type='dimm' slot='0'/>
+    </memory>
+    <memory model='dimm'>
+      <target>
+        <size unit='KiB'>524288</size>
+      </target>
+      <address type='dimm' slot='1'/>
+    </memory>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 18faea2b33..1968be6782 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,13 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma", QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM, QEMU_CAPS_NUMA,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+    DO_TEST_FULL("memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma-abi-update", WHEN_BOTH,
+                 ARG_PARSEFLAGS, VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_ABI_UPDATE,
+                 ARG_QEMU_CAPS,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_NUMA, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM,
+                 QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE, QEMU_CAPS_LAST);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug", NONE);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-dimm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM);