diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 2ee1829c8e..0c1689b57f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ struct _qemuDomainObjPrivate {
     /* private XML) - need to restore at process reconnect */
     uint8_t *masterKey;
     size_t masterKeyLen;
+
+    /* note whether memory device alias does not correspond to slot number */
+    bool memAliasOrderMismatch;
 };
 
 # define QEMU_DOMAIN_PRIVATE(vm)	\
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 1b67aee727..09b2a72b53 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3205,6 +3205,29 @@ qemuDomainPerfRestart(virDomainObjPtr vm)
     return 0;
 }
 
+
+static void
+qemuProcessReconnectCheckMemAliasOrderMismatch(virDomainObjPtr vm)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    int aliasidx;
+    virDomainDefPtr def = vm->def;
+    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+
+    if (!virDomainDefHasMemoryHotplug(def) || def->nmems == 0)
+        return;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < def->nmems; i++) {
+        aliasidx = qemuDomainDeviceAliasIndex(&def->mems[i]->info, "dimm");
+
+        if (def->mems[i]->info.addr.dimm.slot != aliasidx) {
+            priv->memAliasOrderMismatch = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 struct qemuProcessReconnectData {
     virConnectPtr conn;
     virQEMUDriverPtr driver;
@@ -3389,6 +3412,8 @@ qemuProcessReconnect(void *opaque)
     if (qemuProcessUpdateDevices(driver, obj) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    qemuProcessReconnectCheckMemAliasOrderMismatch(obj);
+
     /* Failure to connect to agent shouldn't be fatal */
     if ((ret = qemuConnectAgent(driver, obj)) < 0) {
         if (ret == -2)