diff --git a/hw/vhost.c b/hw/vhost.c
index cd56e75..19a7b5c 100644
--- a/hw/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/vhost.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "range.h"
 #include <linux/vhost.h>
+#include "exec-memory.h"
 
 static void vhost_dev_sync_region(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                                   MemoryRegionSection *section,
@@ -365,10 +366,6 @@ static void vhost_set_memory(MemoryListener *listener,
     int r;
     void *ram;
 
-    if (!memory_region_is_ram(section->mr)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     dev->mem = g_realloc(dev->mem, s);
 
     if (log_dirty) {
@@ -378,7 +375,7 @@ static void vhost_set_memory(MemoryListener *listener,
     assert(size);
 
     /* Optimize no-change case. At least cirrus_vga does this a lot at
this time. */
-    ram = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(section->mr);
+    ram = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(section->mr) +
section->offset_within_region;
     if (add) {