diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index f3a4a76817cf0ee06e98fc55ffc9bc7e4734b414..b2dce73e7fb5435bf44272ae15c01a8c198adc0c 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -1582,8 +1582,10 @@ void memory_region_init_iommu(void *_iommu_mr,
  * give the RAM block a unique name for migration purposes.
  * We should lift this restriction and allow arbitrary Objects.
  * If you pass a non-NULL non-device @owner then we will assert.
+ *
+ * Return: true on success, else false setting @errp with error.
  */
-void memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
+bool memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
                             Object *owner,
                             const char *name,
                             uint64_t size,
diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
index c1374e9968d1d490cfe3e31bc8f5d974b5d4b05f..45ce6fd6c16d5c29636d0f021ffd15420852d702 100644
--- a/system/memory.c
+++ b/system/memory.c
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@ void mtree_info(bool flatview, bool dispatch_tree, bool owner, bool disabled)
     }
 }
 
-void memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
+bool memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
                             Object *owner,
                             const char *name,
                             uint64_t size,
@@ -3579,7 +3579,7 @@ void memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
     DeviceState *owner_dev;
 
     if (!memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(mr, owner, name, size, errp)) {
-        return;
+        return false;
     }
     /* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
      * We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
@@ -3589,6 +3589,8 @@ void memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
      */
     owner_dev = DEVICE(owner);
     vmstate_register_ram(mr, owner_dev);
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 void memory_region_init_rom(MemoryRegion *mr,