diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index 093675e..58a4cec 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ static VhostUserMsg m __attribute__ ((unused));
 /* The version of the protocol we support */
 #define VHOST_USER_VERSION    (0x1)
 
+static unsigned int vhost_user_used_memslots;
+
 struct vhost_user {
     CharBackend *chr;
     int slave_fd;
@@ -922,6 +924,33 @@ static void vhost_user_set_iotlb_callback(struct vhost_dev *dev, int enabled)
     /* No-op as the receive channel is not dedicated to IOTLB messages. */
 }
 
+static void vhost_user_set_used_memslots(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+{
+    int counter = 0;
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < dev->mem->nregions; ++i) {
+        struct vhost_memory_region *reg = dev->mem->regions + i;
+        ram_addr_t offset;
+        MemoryRegion *mr;
+        int fd;
+
+        assert((uintptr_t)reg->userspace_addr == reg->userspace_addr);
+        mr = memory_region_from_host((void *)(uintptr_t)reg->userspace_addr,
+                                    &offset);
+        fd = memory_region_get_fd(mr);
+        if (fd > 0) {
+            counter++;
+        }
+    }
+    vhost_user_used_memslots = counter;
+}
+
+static unsigned int vhost_user_get_used_memslots(void)
+{
+    return vhost_user_used_memslots;
+}
+
 const VhostOps user_ops = {
         .backend_type = VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER,
         .vhost_backend_init = vhost_user_init,
@@ -948,4 +977,6 @@ const VhostOps user_ops = {
         .vhost_net_set_mtu = vhost_user_net_set_mtu,
         .vhost_set_iotlb_callback = vhost_user_set_iotlb_callback,
         .vhost_send_device_iotlb_msg = vhost_user_send_device_iotlb_msg,
+        .vhost_set_used_memslots = vhost_user_set_used_memslots,
+        .vhost_get_used_memslots = vhost_user_get_used_memslots,
 };
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index e4290ce..0cf8a53 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -49,14 +49,21 @@ static QLIST_HEAD(, vhost_dev) vhost_devices =
 
 bool vhost_has_free_slot(void)
 {
-    unsigned int slots_limit = ~0U;
     struct vhost_dev *hdev;
 
     QLIST_FOREACH(hdev, &vhost_devices, entry) {
         unsigned int r = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev);
-        slots_limit = MIN(slots_limit, r);
+
+        if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots) {
+            if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots() >= r) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else if (used_memslots >= r) {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
-    return slots_limit > used_memslots;
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void vhost_dev_sync_region(struct vhost_dev *dev,
@@ -607,6 +614,9 @@ static void vhost_set_memory(MemoryListener *listener,
     dev->mem_changed_end_addr = MAX(dev->mem_changed_end_addr, start_addr + size - 1);
     dev->memory_changed = true;
     used_memslots = dev->mem->nregions;
+    if (dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots) {
+        dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots(dev);
+    }
 }
 
 static bool vhost_section(MemoryRegionSection *section)
@@ -1239,6 +1249,7 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
     uint64_t features;
     int i, r, n_initialized_vqs = 0;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
+    unsigned int n_memslots = 0;
 
     hdev->vdev = NULL;
     hdev->migration_blocker = NULL;
@@ -1251,7 +1262,13 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    if (used_memslots > hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
+    if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots) {
+        n_memslots = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots();
+    } else {
+        n_memslots = used_memslots;
+    }
+
+    if (n_memslots > hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
         error_report("vhost backend memory slots limit is less"
                 " than current number of present memory slots");
         r = -1;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
index a7a5f22..19961b5 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ typedef void (*vhost_set_iotlb_callback_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                                            int enabled);
 typedef int (*vhost_send_device_iotlb_msg_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                                               struct vhost_iotlb_msg *imsg);
+typedef void (*vhost_set_used_memslots_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev);
+typedef unsigned int (*vhost_get_used_memslots_op)(void);
 
 typedef struct VhostOps {
     VhostBackendType backend_type;
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ typedef struct VhostOps {
     vhost_vsock_set_running_op vhost_vsock_set_running;
     vhost_set_iotlb_callback_op vhost_set_iotlb_callback;
     vhost_send_device_iotlb_msg_op vhost_send_device_iotlb_msg;
+    vhost_set_used_memslots_op vhost_set_used_memslots;
+    vhost_get_used_memslots_op vhost_get_used_memslots;
 } VhostOps;
 
 extern const VhostOps user_ops;
