diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 7a88901..544e111 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -2139,6 +2139,13 @@
     ram_addr_t orig_size = size;
     void *subpage;
 
+#ifdef USE_KQEMU
+    /* XXX: should not depend on cpu context */
+    env = first_cpu;
+    if (env->kqemu_enabled) {
+        kqemu_set_phys_mem(start_addr, size, phys_offset);
+    }
+#endif
     size = (size + TARGET_PAGE_SIZE - 1) & TARGET_PAGE_MASK;
     end_addr = start_addr + (target_phys_addr_t)size;
     for(addr = start_addr; addr != end_addr; addr += TARGET_PAGE_SIZE) {