diff --git a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
index 81e58d818..5cc90489a 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
@@ -2270,10 +2270,12 @@ def create_qdb_entries(self):
 
         # TODO: Currently the whole qmemman is quite Xen-specific, so stay with
         # xenstore for it until decided otherwise
-        if qmemman_present:
+        if qmemman_present and self.maxmem:
+            xs_basedir = f"/local/domain/{self.xid}"
+            self.app.vmm.xs.write('',
+                                  f"{xs_basedir}/memory/meminfo", "")
             self.app.vmm.xs.set_permissions('',
-                                            '/local/domain/{}/memory'.format(
-                                                self.xid),
+                                            f"{xs_basedir}/memory/meminfo",
                                             [{'dom': self.xid}])
 
         self.fire_event('domain-qdb-create')