diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index ef6f18f2c1..48ff6d8b93 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ typedef struct {
  *    purposes only.
  *    Applies only to default memory backend, i.e., explicit memory backend
  *    wasn't used.
+ * @smbios_memory_device_size:
+ *    Default size of memory device,
+ *    SMBIOS 3.1.0 "7.18 Memory Device (Type 17)"
  */
 struct MachineClass {
     /*< private >*/
@@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ struct MachineClass {
     const CPUArchIdList *(*possible_cpu_arch_ids)(MachineState *machine);
     int64_t (*get_default_cpu_node_id)(const MachineState *ms, int idx);
     ram_addr_t (*fixup_ram_size)(ram_addr_t size);
+    uint64_t smbios_memory_device_size;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index b0c68d66a3..719e83e6a1 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -3308,6 +3308,7 @@ DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE_AS_LATEST(9, 1)
 static void virt_machine_9_0_options(MachineClass *mc)
 {
     virt_machine_9_1_options(mc);
+    mc->smbios_memory_device_size = 16 * GiB;
     compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, hw_compat_9_0, hw_compat_9_0_len);
 }
 DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE(9, 0)
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index bc38cad7f2..ac30544e7f 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -1004,6 +1004,12 @@ static void machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     /* Default 128 MB as guest ram size */
     mc->default_ram_size = 128 * MiB;
     mc->rom_file_has_mr = true;
+    /*
+     * SMBIOS 3.1.0 7.18.5 Memory Device — Extended Size
+     * use max possible value that could be encoded into
+     * 'Extended Size' field (2047Tb).
+     */
+    mc->smbios_memory_device_size = 2047 * TiB;
 
     /* numa node memory size aligned on 8MB by default.
      * On Linux, each node's border has to be 8MB aligned
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 9445b07b4f..d9e69243b4 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static void pc_i440fx_machine_9_0_options(MachineClass *m)
     pc_i440fx_machine_9_1_options(m);
     m->alias = NULL;
     m->is_default = false;
+    m->smbios_memory_device_size = 16 * GiB;
 
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_9_0, hw_compat_9_0_len);
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_9_0, pc_compat_9_0_len);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 71d3c6d122..9d108b194e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ static void pc_q35_machine_9_0_options(MachineClass *m)
     PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_CLASS(m);
     pc_q35_machine_9_1_options(m);
     m->alias = NULL;
+    m->smbios_memory_device_size = 16 * GiB;
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_9_0, hw_compat_9_0_len);
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_9_0, pc_compat_9_0_len);
     pcmc->isa_bios_alias = false;
diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
index 3b7703489d..a394514264 100644
--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ static bool smbios_get_tables_ep(MachineState *ms,
                        Error **errp)
 {
     unsigned i, dimm_cnt, offset;
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms);
     ERRP_GUARD();
 
     assert(ep_type == SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_32 ||
@@ -1123,12 +1124,12 @@ static bool smbios_get_tables_ep(MachineState *ms,
     smbios_build_type_9_table(errp);
     smbios_build_type_11_table();
 
-#define MAX_DIMM_SZ (16 * GiB)
-#define GET_DIMM_SZ ((i < dimm_cnt - 1) ? MAX_DIMM_SZ \
-                                        : ((current_machine->ram_size - 1) % MAX_DIMM_SZ) + 1)
+#define GET_DIMM_SZ ((i < dimm_cnt - 1) ? mc->smbios_memory_device_size \
+    : ((current_machine->ram_size - 1) % mc->smbios_memory_device_size) + 1)
 
-    dimm_cnt = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(current_machine->ram_size, MAX_DIMM_SZ) /
-               MAX_DIMM_SZ;
+    dimm_cnt = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(current_machine->ram_size,
+                             mc->smbios_memory_device_size) /
+               mc->smbios_memory_device_size;
 
     /*
      * The offset determines if we need to keep additional space between
