diff --git a/hw/mem/meson.build b/hw/mem/meson.build
index ef79e04678..3c8fdef9f9 100644
--- a/hw/mem/meson.build
+++ b/hw/mem/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 mem_ss = ss.source_set()
 mem_ss.add(files('memory-device.c'))
-mem_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_FUZZ', if_true: files('sparse-mem.c'))
 mem_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_DIMM', if_true: files('pc-dimm.c'))
 mem_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_NPCM7XX', if_true: files('npcm7xx_mc.c'))
 mem_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_NVDIMM', if_true: files('nvdimm.c'))
 
 softmmu_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_MEM_DEVICE', if_true: mem_ss)
+
+softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_FUZZ', if_true: files('sparse-mem.c'))