diff --git a/backends/hostmem-file.c b/backends/hostmem-file.c
index cd038024fae3c056cc2f01e4654c2e962bb0336c..6be6d405417f9cdeda8aa09bab22e5410946241b 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-file.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-file.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ file_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
     gchar *name;
 
     if (!backend->size) {
-        error_setg(errp, "can't create backend with size 0");
         return;
     }
     if (!fb->mem_path) {
diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c
index c9ddaec849b459b68c458fd014c90483b8dd405b..ae35274620e1a6f9297e69bfd1c3d4510306e5db 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem.c
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ host_memory_backend_set_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     if (!visit_type_size(v, name, &value, errp)) {
         return;
     }
-    if (!value) {
-        error_setg(errp,
-                   "property '%s' of %s doesn't take value '%" PRIu64 "'",
-                   name, object_get_typename(obj), value);
-        return;
-    }
     backend->size = value;
 }
 
@@ -337,6 +331,9 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
             goto out;
         }
 
+        if (0 == backend->size) {
+            return;
+        }
         ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&backend->mr);
         sz = memory_region_size(&backend->mr);
 
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index cb539104a1292da1da24564d9411cc721f8da828..68b08f2c861274b7ac5ee6cfc564cfa0e958c816 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,10 @@ MemoryRegion *machine_consume_memdev(MachineState *machine,
                                      HostMemoryBackend *backend)
 {
     MemoryRegion *ret = host_memory_backend_get_memory(backend);
-
+     if (NULL == ret)
+     {
+         return ret;
+     }
     if (memory_region_is_mapped(ret)) {
         error_report("memory backend %s can't be used multiple times.",
                      object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(backend)));
diff --git a/hw/core/numa.c b/hw/core/numa.c
index 1aa05dcf425f46eca6ac0468d56a96fe0d67bf13..1b9eac4051a7e5201a3bcf0754c0c7a88c418abe 100644
--- a/hw/core/numa.c
+++ b/hw/core/numa.c
@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@ static void numa_init_memdev_container(MachineState *ms, MemoryRegion *ram)
             continue;
         }
         MemoryRegion *seg = machine_consume_memdev(ms, backend);
+        if (seg == NULL)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
         memory_region_add_subregion(ram, addr, seg);
         addr += size;
     }