diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 94587638c3..3700b3e711 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -9189,15 +9189,6 @@ qemuDomainDefValidateMemoryHotplugDevice(const virDomainMemoryDef *mem,
             return -1;
         }
 
-        if (virDomainNumaGetNodeCount(def->numa) != 0) {
-            if (mem->targetNode == -1) {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                               _("target NUMA node needs to be specified for "
-                                 "memory device"));
-                return -1;
-            }
-        }
-
         if (mem->info.type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_DIMM) {
             if (mem->info.addr.dimm.slot >= def->mem.memory_slots) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,