diff --git a/arm/kvm.c b/arm/kvm.c
index af0feae495d7..bd44aa350796 100644
--- a/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/arm/kvm.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video)
 {
 }
 
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size)
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Allocate guest memory. We must align our buffer to 64K to
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size)
 	 * If using THP, then our minimal alignment becomes 2M.
 	 * 2M trumps 64K, so let's go with that.
 	 */
-	kvm->ram_size = ram_size;
+	kvm->ram_size = kvm->cfg.ram_size;
 	kvm->arch.ram_alloc_size = kvm->ram_size + SZ_2M;
-	kvm->arch.ram_alloc_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(kvm, hugetlbfs_path,
+	kvm->arch.ram_alloc_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(kvm,
+						kvm->cfg.hugetlbfs_path,
 						kvm->arch.ram_alloc_size);
 
 	if (kvm->arch.ram_alloc_start == MAP_FAILED)
diff --git a/include/kvm/kvm.h b/include/kvm/kvm.h
index 9f7b2fb26e95..640b76c095f9 100644
--- a/include/kvm/kvm.h
+++ b/include/kvm/kvm.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void kvm__remove_socket(const char *name);
 
 void kvm__arch_validate_cfg(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video);
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size);
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm__arch_delete_ram(struct kvm *kvm);
 int kvm__arch_setup_firmware(struct kvm *kvm);
 int kvm__arch_free_firmware(struct kvm *kvm);
diff --git a/kvm.c b/kvm.c
index 952ef1fbb41c..42b881217df6 100644
--- a/kvm.c
+++ b/kvm.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ int kvm__init(struct kvm *kvm)
 		goto err_vm_fd;
 	}
 
-	kvm__arch_init(kvm, kvm->cfg.hugetlbfs_path, kvm->cfg.ram_size);
+	kvm__arch_init(kvm);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->mem_banks);
 	kvm__init_ram(kvm);
diff --git a/mips/kvm.c b/mips/kvm.c
index cebec5ae0178..fb60b210e7fc 100644
--- a/mips/kvm.c
+++ b/mips/kvm.c
@@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video)
 }
 
 /* Architecture-specific KVM init */
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size)
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	kvm->ram_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(kvm, hugetlbfs_path, ram_size);
-	kvm->ram_size = ram_size;
+	kvm->ram_size = kvm->cfg.ram_size;
+	kvm->ram_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(kvm, kvm->cfg.hugetlbfs_path,
+						kvm->ram_size);
 
 	if (kvm->ram_start == MAP_FAILED)
 		die("out of memory");
diff --git a/powerpc/kvm.c b/powerpc/kvm.c
index 3215b579f5dc..d281b070fd0e 100644
--- a/powerpc/kvm.c
+++ b/powerpc/kvm.c
@@ -92,12 +92,13 @@ void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video)
 }
 
 /* Architecture-specific KVM init */
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size)
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
+	const char *hugetlbfs_path = kvm->cfg.hugetlbfs_path;
 	int cap_ppc_rma;
 	unsigned long hpt;
 
-	kvm->ram_size		= ram_size;
+	kvm->ram_size		= kvm->cfg.ram_size;
 
 	/* Map "default" hugetblfs path to the standard 16M mount point */
 	if (hugetlbfs_path && !strcmp(hugetlbfs_path, "default"))
diff --git a/riscv/kvm.c b/riscv/kvm.c
index 7fb496282f4c..c46660772aa0 100644
--- a/riscv/kvm.c
+++ b/riscv/kvm.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video)
 {
 }
 
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size)
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Allocate guest memory. We must align our buffer to 64K to
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size)
 	 * If using THP, then our minimal alignment becomes 2M.
 	 * 2M trumps 64K, so let's go with that.
 	 */
-	kvm->ram_size = min(ram_size, (u64)RISCV_MAX_MEMORY(kvm));
+	kvm->ram_size = min(kvm->cfg.ram_size, (u64)RISCV_MAX_MEMORY(kvm));
 	kvm->arch.ram_alloc_size = kvm->ram_size + SZ_2M;
-	kvm->arch.ram_alloc_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(kvm, hugetlbfs_path,
+	kvm->arch.ram_alloc_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(kvm,
+						kvm->cfg.hugetlbfs_path,
 						kvm->arch.ram_alloc_size);
 
 	if (kvm->arch.ram_alloc_start == MAP_FAILED)
diff --git a/x86/kvm.c b/x86/kvm.c
index 6683a5c81d49..24b0305a1841 100644
--- a/x86/kvm.c
+++ b/x86/kvm.c
@@ -134,9 +134,11 @@ void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video)
 }
 
 /* Architecture-specific KVM init */
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size)
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
+	const char *hugetlbfs_path = kvm->cfg.hugetlbfs_path;
 	struct kvm_pit_config pit_config = { .flags = 0, };
+	u64 ram_size = kvm->cfg.ram_size;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR, 0xfffbd000);
