diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 7a1c9feaf7..bb1835c2f5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -9318,7 +9318,8 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (qemuBuildDomainLoaderCommandLine(cmd, def, qemuCaps) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if (qemuDomainAlignMemorySizes(def) < 0)
+    if (!migrateFrom && !snapshot &&
+        qemuDomainAlignMemorySizes(def) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-m");
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v1.args
index 5c677027cc..458c015d3b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v1.args
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 /usr/bin/qemu -S -M \
-pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
+pc -m 213 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
 -no-acpi -boot c -usb -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel \
 none -incoming stdio