1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
index cc24812..c3512c2 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ static void virtio_pmem_fill_device_info(const VirtIOPMEM *pmem,
 static MemoryRegion *virtio_pmem_get_memory_region(VirtIOPMEM *pmem,
                                                    Error **errp)
 {
-    assert(pmem->memdev);
+    if (!pmem->memdev) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' property must be set", VIRTIO_PMEM_MEMDEV_PROP);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     return &pmem->memdev->mr;
 }