diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index bb9d33848d3f..e078269266bc 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static struct arm_boot_info aspeed_board_binfo = {
 typedef struct AspeedBoardState {
     AspeedSoCState soc;
     MemoryRegion ram;
+    MemoryRegion max_ram;
 } AspeedBoardState;
 
 typedef struct AspeedBoardConfig {
@@ -127,6 +128,27 @@ static const AspeedBoardConfig aspeed_boards[] = {
     },
 };
 
+/*
+ * The max ram region is for firmwares that scan the address space
+ * with load/store to guess how much RAM the SoC has.
+ */
+static uint64_t max_ram_read(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, unsigned size)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void max_ram_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t value,
+                           unsigned size)
+{
+    /* Disacard writes */
+}
+
+static const MemoryRegionOps max_ram_ops = {
+    .read = max_ram_read,
+    .write = max_ram_write,
+    .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
+};
+
 #define FIRMWARE_ADDR 0x0
 
 static void write_boot_rom(DriveInfo *dinfo, hwaddr addr, size_t rom_size,
@@ -187,6 +209,7 @@ static void aspeed_board_init(MachineState *machine,
     AspeedBoardState *bmc;
     AspeedSoCClass *sc;
     DriveInfo *drive0 = drive_get(IF_MTD, 0, 0);
+    ram_addr_t max_ram_size;
 
     bmc = g_new0(AspeedBoardState, 1);
     object_initialize(&bmc->soc, (sizeof(bmc->soc)), cfg->soc_name);
@@ -226,6 +249,14 @@ static void aspeed_board_init(MachineState *machine,
     object_property_add_const_link(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), "ram", OBJECT(&bmc->ram),
                                    &error_abort);
 
+    max_ram_size = object_property_get_uint(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), "max-ram-size",
+                                            &error_abort);
+    memory_region_init_io(&bmc->max_ram, NULL, &max_ram_ops, NULL,
+                          "max_ram", max_ram_size  - ram_size);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(),
+                                sc->info->sdram_base + ram_size,
+                                &bmc->max_ram);
+
     aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.fmc, cfg->fmc_model, &error_abort);
     aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.spi[0], cfg->spi_model, &error_abort);
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
index e68911af0f90..a27233d4876b 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ static void aspeed_soc_init(Object *obj)
                          sc->info->silicon_rev);
     object_property_add_alias(obj, "ram-size", OBJECT(&s->sdmc),
                               "ram-size", &error_abort);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "max-ram-size", OBJECT(&s->sdmc),
+                              "max-ram-size", &error_abort);
 
     for (i = 0; i < sc->info->wdts_num; i++) {
         object_initialize(&s->wdt[i], sizeof(s->wdt[i]), TYPE_ASPEED_WDT);
diff --git a/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c b/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c
index 89de3138aff0..eec77f243508 100644
--- a/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c
+++ b/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c
@@ -242,12 +242,14 @@ static void aspeed_sdmc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     case AST2400_A0_SILICON_REV:
     case AST2400_A1_SILICON_REV:
         s->ram_bits = ast2400_rambits(s);
+        s->max_ram_size = 512 << 20;
         s->fixed_conf = ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_COMPAT |
             ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_SIZE(s->ram_bits);
         break;
     case AST2500_A0_SILICON_REV:
     case AST2500_A1_SILICON_REV:
         s->ram_bits = ast2500_rambits(s);
+        s->max_ram_size = 1024 << 20;
         s->fixed_conf = ASPEED_SDMC_HW_VERSION(1) |
             ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_APERTURE(ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_64MB) |
             ASPEED_SDMC_CACHE_INITIAL_DONE |
@@ -275,6 +277,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_aspeed_sdmc = {
 static Property aspeed_sdmc_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("silicon-rev", AspeedSDMCState, silicon_rev, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT64("ram-size", AspeedSDMCState, ram_size, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT64("max-ram-size", AspeedSDMCState, max_ram_size, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h b/include/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h
index e079c66a7d73..b3c926acae90 100644
--- a/include/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h
+++ b/include/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ typedef struct AspeedSDMCState {
     uint32_t silicon_rev;
     uint32_t ram_bits;
     uint64_t ram_size;
+    uint64_t max_ram_size;
     uint32_t fixed_conf;
 
 } AspeedSDMCState;
