1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 998a77bca2..f90f59283d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -992,6 +992,10 @@ static void spapr_alloc_htab(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
 
     if (shift > 0) {
         /* Kernel handles htab, we don't need to allocate one */
+        if (shift != spapr->htab_shift) {
+            error_setg(&error_abort, "Failed to allocate HTAB of requested size, try with smaller maxmem");
+        }
+
         spapr->htab_shift = shift;
         kvmppc_kern_htab = true;
     } else {
@@ -1020,6 +1024,10 @@ static void spapr_reset_htab(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
 
     shift = kvmppc_reset_htab(spapr->htab_shift);
     if (shift > 0) {
+        if (shift != spapr->htab_shift) {
+            error_setg(&error_abort, "Requested HTAB allocation failed during reset");
+        }
+
         /* Tell readers to update their file descriptor */
         if (spapr->htab_fd >= 0) {
             spapr->htab_fd_stale = true;