diff --git a/softmmu/physmem.c b/softmmu/physmem.c
index b417f9c28237f..2f106d06803b9 100644
--- a/softmmu/physmem.c
+++ b/softmmu/physmem.c
@@ -2243,13 +2243,13 @@ void qemu_ram_remap(ram_addr_t addr, ram_addr_t length)
                 abort();
             } else {
                 flags = MAP_FIXED;
+                flags |= block->flags & RAM_SHARED ?
+                         MAP_SHARED : MAP_PRIVATE;
                 if (block->fd >= 0) {
-                    flags |= (block->flags & RAM_SHARED ?
-                              MAP_SHARED : MAP_PRIVATE);
                     area = mmap(vaddr, length, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
                                 flags, block->fd, offset);
                 } else {
-                    flags |= MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+                    flags |= MAP_ANONYMOUS;
                     area = mmap(vaddr, length, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
                                 flags, -1, 0);
                 }