diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 7038952..c58583d 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -710,16 +710,13 @@
         if (get_param_value(option, 128, "mem", optarg) == 0) {
             node_mem[nodenr] = 0;
         } else {
-            value = strtoull(option, &endptr, 0);
-            switch (*endptr) {
-            case 0: case 'M': case 'm':
-                value <<= 20;
-                break;
-            case 'G': case 'g':
-                value <<= 30;
-                break;
+            ssize_t sval;
+            sval = strtosz(option, NULL);
+            if (sval < 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "qemu: invalid numa mem size: %s\n", optarg);
+                exit(1);
             }
-            node_mem[nodenr] = value;
+            node_mem[nodenr] = sval;
         }
         if (get_param_value(option, 128, "cpus", optarg) == 0) {
             node_cpumask[nodenr] = 0;
@@ -2139,18 +2136,10 @@
                 exit(0);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_m: {
-                uint64_t value;
-                char *ptr;
+                ssize_t value;
 
-                value = strtoul(optarg, &ptr, 10);
-                switch (*ptr) {
-                case 0: case 'M': case 'm':
-                    value <<= 20;
-                    break;
-                case 'G': case 'g':
-                    value <<= 30;
-                    break;
-                default:
+                value = strtosz(optarg, NULL);
+                if (value < 0) {
                     fprintf(stderr, "qemu: invalid ram size: %s\n", optarg);
                     exit(1);
                 }