diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/KVMGuru.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/KVMGuru.java
index 412bd40f8f16..fc808b1607ef 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/KVMGuru.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/KVMGuru.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ protected void configureVmMemoryAndCpuCores(VirtualMachineTO virtualMachineTo, H
         Integer maxHostCpuCore = max.second();
 
         long minMemory = virtualMachineTo.getMinRam();
-        Long maxMemory = minMemory;
+        Long maxMemory = virtualMachineTo.getMaxRam();
         int minCpuCores = virtualMachineTo.getCpus();
         Integer maxCpuCores = minCpuCores;