diff --git a/linux/systemd/qubes-vm@.service b/linux/systemd/qubes-vm@.service
index 96ecf99d..0ff2255a 100644
--- a/linux/systemd/qubes-vm@.service
+++ b/linux/systemd/qubes-vm@.service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Start Qubes VM %i
 Before=systemd-user-sessions.service
-After=qubesd.service
+After=qubesd.service qubes-meminfo-writer-dom0.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
index e30b893b..b6892a28 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
@@ -1244,10 +1244,6 @@ class QubesVM(qubes.vm.mix.net.NetVMMixin, qubes.vm.BaseVM):
                 stubdom_mem = 0
 
             initial_memory = self.memory
-            if self.virt_mode == 'hvm' and self.devices['pci'].persistent():
-                # HVM with PCI devices does not support populate-on-demand on
-                #  Xen
-                initial_memory = self.maxmem
             mem_required = int(initial_memory + stubdom_mem) * 1024 * 1024
 
         qmemman_client = qubes.qmemman.client.QMemmanClient()