diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 1c5c9e17c6..7280c02ce3 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -951,9 +951,10 @@ void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
     /*
      * The HyperTransport range close to the 1T boundary is unique to AMD
      * hosts with IOMMUs enabled. Restrict the ram-above-4g relocation
-     * to above 1T to AMD vCPUs only.
+     * to above 1T to AMD vCPUs only. @enforce_amd_1tb_hole is only false in
+     * older machine types (<= 7.0) for compatibility purposes.
      */
-    if (IS_AMD_CPU(&cpu->env)) {
+    if (IS_AMD_CPU(&cpu->env) && pcmc->enforce_amd_1tb_hole) {
         /* Bail out if max possible address does not cross HT range */
         if (pc_max_used_gpa(pcms, pci_hole64_size) >= AMD_HT_START) {
             x86ms->above_4g_mem_start = AMD_ABOVE_1TB_START;
@@ -1902,6 +1903,7 @@ static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     pcmc->has_reserved_memory = true;
     pcmc->kvmclock_enabled = true;
     pcmc->enforce_aligned_dimm = true;
+    pcmc->enforce_amd_1tb_hole = true;
     /* BIOS ACPI tables: 128K. Other BIOS datastructures: less than 4K reported
      * to be used at the moment, 32K should be enough for a while.  */
     pcmc->acpi_data_size = 0x20000 + 0x8000;
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index aa191d405a..a5c65c1c35 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ static void pc_i440fx_7_0_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     m->alias = NULL;
     m->is_default = false;
     pcmc->legacy_no_rng_seed = true;
+    pcmc->enforce_amd_1tb_hole = false;
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_7_0, hw_compat_7_0_len);
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_7_0, pc_compat_7_0_len);
 }
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 307910b33c..3a35193ff7 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ static void pc_q35_7_0_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     pc_q35_7_1_machine_options(m);
     m->alias = NULL;
     pcmc->legacy_no_rng_seed = true;
+    pcmc->enforce_amd_1tb_hole = false;
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_7_0, hw_compat_7_0_len);
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_7_0, pc_compat_7_0_len);
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 01938fce4c..8435733bd6 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct PCMachineClass {
     bool has_reserved_memory;
     bool enforce_aligned_dimm;
     bool broken_reserved_end;
+    bool enforce_amd_1tb_hole;
 
     /* generate legacy CPU hotplug AML */
     bool legacy_cpu_hotplug;