diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index c49f1a3f31..654ca5c860 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3503,6 +3503,7 @@ qemuBuildMemoryDimmBackendStr(virCommand *cmd,
                               qemuDomainObjPrivate *priv)
 {
     g_autoptr(virJSONValue) props = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) tcProps = NULL;
     g_autofree char *alias = NULL;
 
     if (!mem->info.alias) {
@@ -3517,6 +3518,14 @@ qemuBuildMemoryDimmBackendStr(virCommand *cmd,
                                     priv, def, mem, true, false) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (qemuBuildThreadContextProps(&tcProps, &props, priv) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (tcProps &&
+        qemuBuildObjectCommandlineFromJSON(cmd, tcProps,
+                                           priv->qemuCaps) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     if (qemuBuildObjectCommandlineFromJSON(cmd, props, priv->qemuCaps) < 0)
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess.x86_64-latest.args
index 9db085fd1d..8342a30c86 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","share":true,"prealloc":true,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[0,1,2,3],"policy":"bind"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"thread-context","id":"tc-memdimm0","node-affinity":[0,1,2,3]}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","share":true,"prealloc":true,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[0,1,2,3],"policy":"bind","prealloc-context":"tc-memdimm0"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"pc-dimm","node":1,"memdev":"memdimm0","id":"dimm0","slot":0,"addr":4294967296}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"host_device","filename":"/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess2.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess2.x86_64-latest.args
index 37f6dfabe9..f73da5865d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess2.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-memaccess2.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","share":true,"prealloc":true,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[0,1,2,3],"policy":"bind"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"thread-context","id":"tc-memdimm0","node-affinity":[0,1,2,3]}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","share":true,"prealloc":true,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[0,1,2,3],"policy":"bind","prealloc-context":"tc-memdimm0"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"pc-dimm","node":1,"memdev":"memdimm0","id":"dimm0","slot":0,"addr":4294967296}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"host_device","filename":"/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-numa-default-dimm.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-numa-default-dimm.x86_64-latest.args
index 015464bded..3b8dfeea16 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-numa-default-dimm.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-numa-default-dimm.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages1G/libvirt/qemu/-1-fedora","prealloc":true,"size":1073741824,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"thread-context","id":"tc-memdimm0","node-affinity":[1,2,3]}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages1G/libvirt/qemu/-1-fedora","prealloc":true,"size":1073741824,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind","prealloc-context":"tc-memdimm0"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"pc-dimm","node":0,"memdev":"memdimm0","id":"dimm0","slot":0}' \
 -audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
 -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memfd-memory-numa.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memfd-memory-numa.x86_64-latest.args
index c51bb6f828..4748f0fbb2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memfd-memory-numa.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memfd-memory-numa.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/.config \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memnvdimm0","mem-path":"/tmp/nvdimm","share":true,"prealloc":true,"prealloc-threads":8,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[3],"policy":"preferred"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"thread-context","id":"tc-memnvdimm0","node-affinity":[3]}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memnvdimm0","mem-path":"/tmp/nvdimm","share":true,"prealloc":true,"prealloc-threads":8,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[3],"policy":"preferred","prealloc-context":"tc-memnvdimm0"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"nvdimm","node":0,"memdev":"memnvdimm0","id":"nvdimm0","slot":0}' \
 -audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x3"}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.x86_64-latest.args
index ac24c77a2b..4e9bbde448 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","prealloc":true,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"thread-context","id":"tc-memdimm0","node-affinity":[1,2,3]}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","prealloc":true,"size":536870912,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind","prealloc-context":"tc-memdimm0"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"pc-dimm","node":0,"memdev":"memdimm0","id":"dimm0","slot":0,"addr":4294967296}' \
 -object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"memdimm2","size":536870912}' \
 -device '{"driver":"pc-dimm","node":0,"memdev":"memdimm2","id":"dimm2","slot":2}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-virtio-mem.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-virtio-mem.x86_64-latest.args
index 5aa8110aeb..04876fc044 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-virtio-mem.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-virtio-mem.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
 -object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"memvirtiomem0","reserve":false,"size":1073741824}' \
 -device '{"driver":"virtio-mem-pci","node":0,"block-size":2097152,"requested-size":536870912,"memdev":"memvirtiomem0","id":"virtiomem0","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x2"}' \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memvirtiomem1","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","reserve":false,"size":2147483648,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"thread-context","id":"tc-memvirtiomem1","node-affinity":[1,2,3]}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memvirtiomem1","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-QEMUGuest1","reserve":false,"size":2147483648,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind","prealloc-context":"tc-memvirtiomem1"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"virtio-mem-pci","node":0,"block-size":2097152,"requested-size":1073741824,"memdev":"memvirtiomem1","prealloc":true,"id":"virtiomem1","bus":"pci.1","addr":"0x1"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"host_device","filename":"/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-dimm-discard.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-dimm-discard.x86_64-latest.args
index 19ed3928de..2418133aa0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-dimm-discard.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-dimm-discard.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages1G/libvirt/qemu/-1-fedora","discard-data":false,"prealloc":true,"size":1073741824,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"thread-context","id":"tc-memdimm0","node-affinity":[1,2,3]}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm0","mem-path":"/dev/hugepages1G/libvirt/qemu/-1-fedora","discard-data":false,"prealloc":true,"size":1073741824,"host-nodes":[1,2,3],"policy":"bind","prealloc-context":"tc-memdimm0"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"pc-dimm","node":0,"memdev":"memdimm0","id":"dimm0","slot":0}' \
 -object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"memdimm1","mem-path":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/ram/-1-fedora/dimm1","discard-data":true,"share":false,"size":536870912}' \
 -device '{"driver":"pc-dimm","node":0,"memdev":"memdimm1","id":"dimm1","slot":1}' \