diff --git a/hw/mem/nvdimm.c b/hw/mem/nvdimm.c
index 7397b67156..59959d5563 100644
--- a/hw/mem/nvdimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/nvdimm.c
@@ -181,10 +181,25 @@ static MemoryRegion *nvdimm_md_get_memory_region(MemoryDeviceState *md,
 static void nvdimm_realize(PCDIMMDevice *dimm, Error **errp)
 {
     NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm = NVDIMM(dimm);
+    NVDIMMClass *ndc = NVDIMM_GET_CLASS(nvdimm);
 
     if (!nvdimm->nvdimm_mr) {
         nvdimm_prepare_memory_region(nvdimm, errp);
     }
+
+    if (ndc->realize) {
+        ndc->realize(nvdimm, errp);
+    }
+}
+
+static void nvdimm_unrealize(PCDIMMDevice *dimm)
+{
+    NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm = NVDIMM(dimm);
+    NVDIMMClass *ndc = NVDIMM_GET_CLASS(nvdimm);
+
+    if (ndc->unrealize) {
+        ndc->unrealize(nvdimm);
+    }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -240,6 +255,7 @@ static void nvdimm_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
 
     ddc->realize = nvdimm_realize;
+    ddc->unrealize = nvdimm_unrealize;
     mdc->get_memory_region = nvdimm_md_get_memory_region;
     device_class_set_props(dc, nvdimm_properties);
 
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index 48b913aba6..03bd0dd60e 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ static void pc_dimm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 static void pc_dimm_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(dev);
+    PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(dimm);
+
+    if (ddc->unrealize) {
+        ddc->unrealize(dimm);
+    }
 
     host_memory_backend_set_mapped(dimm->hostmem, false);
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h b/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
index bcf62f825c..cf8f59be44 100644
--- a/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
+++ b/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ struct NVDIMMClass {
     /* write @size bytes from @buf to NVDIMM label data at @offset. */
     void (*write_label_data)(NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm, const void *buf,
                              uint64_t size, uint64_t offset);
+    void (*realize)(NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm, Error **errp);
+    void (*unrealize)(NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm);
 };
 
 #define NVDIMM_DSM_MEM_FILE     "etc/acpi/nvdimm-mem"
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
index 1473e6db62..322bebe555 100644
--- a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
+++ b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct PCDIMMDeviceClass {
 
     /* public */
     void (*realize)(PCDIMMDevice *dimm, Error **errp);
+    void (*unrealize)(PCDIMMDevice *dimm);
 };
 
 void pc_dimm_pre_plug(PCDIMMDevice *dimm, MachineState *machine,