diff --git a/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py b/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py
index df61f172f..c3c8a7e2f 100644
--- a/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py
+++ b/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ def domain_list_changed(self, refresh_only=False):
                                     self.watch_token_dict[i])
                 self.watch_token_dict.pop(i)
                 system_state.del_domain(i)
+
+            if not refresh_only:
+                try:
+                    system_state.do_balance()
+                except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
+                    self.log.exception('do_balance() failed')
         except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
             self.log.exception('Updating domain list failed')
         finally:
@@ -135,13 +141,6 @@ def domain_list_changed(self, refresh_only=False):
                 global_lock.release()
                 self.log.debug('global_lock released')
 
-        if not refresh_only:
-            try:
-                system_state.do_balance()
-            except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
-                self.log.exception('do_balance() failed')
-
-
     def meminfo_changed(self, domain_id):
         self.log.debug('meminfo_changed(domain_id={!r})'.format(domain_id))
         untrusted_meminfo_key = self.handle.read(
diff --git a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
index dd76c4a00..ab059a969 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
@@ -1761,10 +1761,12 @@ def request_memory(self, mem_required=None):
         try:
             mem_required_with_overhead = mem_required + MEM_OVERHEAD_BASE \
                                          + self.vcpus * MEM_OVERHEAD_PER_VCPU
-            if self.use_memory_hotplug:
-                # extra overhead to account future hotplug memory
-                # 1 page per 1MB of RAM, see libxl__get_required_paging_memory()
-                mem_required_with_overhead += self.maxmem * 4096
+            maxmem = self.maxmem if self.maxmem else self.memory
+            if self.virt_mode != "pv":
+                # extra overhead to account (possibly future hotplug) memory
+                # 2 pages per 1MB of RAM, see
+                # libxl__get_required_paging_memory()
+                mem_required_with_overhead += maxmem * 8192
             got_memory = qmemman_client.request_memory(
                 mem_required_with_overhead)