diff --git a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
index 9b0b150f4f..8d2e82240f 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -712,10 +712,12 @@ void build_memory_hotplug_aml(Aml *table, uint32_t nr_mem,
     }
     aml_append(table, dev_container);
 
-    method = aml_method(event_handler_method, 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-    aml_append(method,
-        aml_call0(MEMORY_DEVICES_CONTAINER "." MEMORY_SLOT_SCAN_METHOD));
-    aml_append(table, method);
+    if (event_handler_method) {
+        method = aml_method(event_handler_method, 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+        aml_append(method, aml_call0(MEMORY_DEVICES_CONTAINER "."
+                                     MEMORY_SLOT_SCAN_METHOD));
+        aml_append(table, method);
+    }
 
     g_free(mhp_res_path);
 }