diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 96f3f4579d..0b8d3d80f1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -2258,6 +2258,9 @@ qemuDomainAttachMemory(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                   priv->qemuCaps, vm->def, mem, NULL, true) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(driver, vm, mem, true) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     if (qemuDomainNamespaceSetupMemory(driver, vm, mem) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
     teardowndevice = true;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 59cca2736d..85b800da3d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3284,7 +3284,8 @@ qemuProcessReconnectCheckMemAliasOrderMismatch(virDomainObjPtr vm)
 
 
 static bool
-qemuProcessNeedHugepagesPath(virDomainDefPtr def)
+qemuProcessNeedHugepagesPath(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                             virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem)
 {
     const long system_pagesize = virGetSystemPageSizeKB();
     size_t i;
@@ -3304,13 +3305,20 @@ qemuProcessNeedHugepagesPath(virDomainDefPtr def)
             return true;
     }
 
+    if (mem &&
+        mem->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_DIMM &&
+        mem->pagesize &&
+        mem->pagesize != system_pagesize)
+        return true;
+
     return false;
 }
 
 
-static int
+int
 qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                      virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                     virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem,
                                      bool build)
 {
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
@@ -3320,7 +3328,7 @@ qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     int ret = -1;
 
     if (build)
-        shouldBuild = qemuProcessNeedHugepagesPath(vm->def);
+        shouldBuild = qemuProcessNeedHugepagesPath(vm->def, mem);
 
     if (!build || shouldBuild) {
         for (i = 0; i < cfg->nhugetlbfs; i++) {
@@ -3331,6 +3339,11 @@ qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                 goto cleanup;
 
             if (build) {
+                if (virFileExists(hugepagePath)) {
+                    ret = 0;
+                    goto cleanup;
+                }
+
                 if (virFileMakePathWithMode(hugepagePath, 0700) < 0) {
                     virReportSystemError(errno,
                                          _("Unable to create %s"),
@@ -3504,7 +3517,7 @@ qemuProcessReconnect(void *opaque)
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(driver, obj, true) < 0)
+    if (qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(driver, obj, NULL, true) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if ((qemuDomainAssignAddresses(obj->def, priv->qemuCaps,
@@ -5572,7 +5585,7 @@ qemuProcessPrepareHost(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                NULL) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(driver, vm, true) < 0)
+    if (qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(driver, vm, NULL, true) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* Ensure no historical cgroup for this VM is lying around bogus
@@ -6259,7 +6272,7 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto endjob;
     }
 
-    qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(driver, vm, false);
+    qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(driver, vm, NULL, false);
 
     vm->def->id = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
index c38310b47a..667d5c53d5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ int qemuProcessStopCPUs(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                         virDomainPausedReason reason,
                         qemuDomainAsyncJob asyncJob);
 
+int qemuProcessBuildDestroyHugepagesPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
+                                         virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                         virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem,
+                                         bool build);
+
 void qemuProcessAutostartAll(virQEMUDriverPtr driver);
 void qemuProcessReconnectAll(virConnectPtr conn, virQEMUDriverPtr driver);