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diff --git a/util/vfio-helpers.c b/util/vfio-helpers.c
index c469beb061..2bec48e163 100644
--- a/util/vfio-helpers.c
+++ b/util/vfio-helpers.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include "qapi/error.h"
#include "exec/ramlist.h"
#include "exec/cpu-common.h"
+#include "exec/memory.h"
#include "trace.h"
#include "qemu/error-report.h"
#include "standard-headers/linux/pci_regs.h"
@@ -494,8 +495,20 @@ QEMUVFIOState *qemu_vfio_open_pci(const char *device, Error **errp)
int r;
QEMUVFIOState *s = g_new0(QEMUVFIOState, 1);
+ /*
+ * VFIO may pin all memory inside mappings, resulting it in pinning
+ * all memory inside RAM blocks unconditionally.
+ */
+ r = ram_block_discard_disable(true);
+ if (r) {
+ error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Cannot set discarding of RAM broken");
+ g_free(s);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
r = qemu_vfio_init_pci(s, device, errp);
if (r) {
+ ram_block_discard_disable(false);
g_free(s);
return NULL;
}
@@ -837,4 +850,5 @@ void qemu_vfio_close(QEMUVFIOState *s)
close(s->device);
close(s->group);
close(s->container);
+ ram_block_discard_disable(false);
}