diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 4a3036f38b..eab59f33c8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -8054,44 +8054,6 @@ qemuDomainGetMemoryModuleSizeAlignment(const virDomainDef *def,
 }
 
 
-static int
-qemuDomainNVDimmAlignSizePseries(virDomainDefPtr def,
-                                 virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem)
-{
-    /* For NVDIMMs in ppc64 in we want to align down the guest
-     * visible space, instead of align up, to avoid writing
-     * beyond the end of file by adding a potential 256MiB
-     * to the user specified size.
-     *
-     * The label-size is mandatory for ppc64 as well, meaning that
-     * the guest visible space will be target_size-label_size.
-     *
-     * Finally, target_size must include label_size.
-     *
-     * The above can be summed up as follows:
-     *
-     * target_size = AlignDown(target_size - label_size) + label_size
-     */
-    unsigned long long ppc64AlignSize = qemuDomainGetMemorySizeAlignment(def);
-    unsigned long long guestArea = mem->size - mem->labelsize;
-
-    /* Align down guest_area. 256MiB is the minimum size. Error
-     * out if target_size is smaller than 256MiB + label_size,
-     * since aligning it up will cause QEMU errors. */
-    if (mem->size < (ppc64AlignSize + mem->labelsize)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                       _("minimum target size for the NVDIMM "
-                         "must be 256MB plus the label size"));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    guestArea = (guestArea/ppc64AlignSize) * ppc64AlignSize;
-    mem->size = guestArea + mem->labelsize;
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 int
 qemuDomainAlignMemorySizes(virDomainDefPtr def)
 {
@@ -8138,11 +8100,8 @@ qemuDomainAlignMemorySizes(virDomainDefPtr def)
 
     /* Align memory module sizes */
     for (i = 0; i < def->nmems; i++) {
-        if (def->mems[i]->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM &&
-            ARCH_IS_PPC64(def->os.arch)) {
-            if (qemuDomainNVDimmAlignSizePseries(def, def->mems[i]) < 0)
-                return -1;
-        } else {
+        if (!(def->mems[i]->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM &&
+              ARCH_IS_PPC64(def->os.arch))) {
             align = qemuDomainGetMemoryModuleSizeAlignment(def, def->mems[i]);
             def->mems[i]->size = VIR_ROUND_UP(def->mems[i]->size, align);
         }
@@ -8175,10 +8134,8 @@ int
 qemuDomainMemoryDeviceAlignSize(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                 virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem)
 {
-    if (mem->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM &&
-        ARCH_IS_PPC64(def->os.arch)) {
-        return qemuDomainNVDimmAlignSizePseries(def, mem);
-    } else {
+    if (!(mem->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM &&
+          ARCH_IS_PPC64(def->os.arch))) {
         mem->size = VIR_ROUND_UP(mem->size,
                                  qemuDomainGetMemorySizeAlignment(def));
     }