diff --git a/system/physmem.c b/system/physmem.c
index a63853a7bc..3470dd39a2 100644
--- a/system/physmem.c
+++ b/system/physmem.c
@@ -1910,11 +1910,13 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+#ifndef TARGET_PPC
     if (kvm_enabled() && !kvm_has_sync_mmu()) {
         error_setg(errp,
                    "host lacks kvm mmu notifiers, -mem-path unsupported");
         return NULL;
     }
+#endif
 
     size = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(size);
     file_size = get_file_size(fd);