diff --git a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
index 2ff0d5ce1b..ce428dfc18 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -238,10 +238,12 @@ void acpi_memory_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, MemHotplugState *mem_st,
 
     mdev->dimm = dev;
     mdev->is_enabled = true;
-    mdev->is_inserting = true;
+    if (dev->hotplugged) {
+        mdev->is_inserting = true;
 
-    /* do ACPI magic */
-    acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
+        /* do ACPI magic */
+        acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
+    }
     return;
 }