diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index b1dc678819..1e6890b8a8 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2607,6 +2607,7 @@ virHostMemGetParameters;
 virHostMemGetStats;
 virHostMemGetTHPSize;
 virHostMemSetParameters;
+virHostMemSetParametersValidation;
 
 
 # util/virhostuptime.h
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 521b1b3f94..ac1b4004f9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -16507,6 +16507,10 @@ qemuNodeSetMemoryParameters(virConnectPtr conn,
 {
     virCheckFlags(0, -1);
 
+    if (virTypedParamsValidateTemplate(params, nparams,
+                                       virHostMemSetParametersValidation) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     if (virNodeSetMemoryParametersEnsureACL(conn) < 0)
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/src/util/virhostmem.c b/src/util/virhostmem.c
index 7d7deac34b..beff114362 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostmem.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostmem.c
@@ -351,21 +351,24 @@ virHostMemParametersAreAllSupported(virTypedParameterPtr params,
 }
 #endif
 
+
 #ifdef __linux__
+const virTypedParamValidationTemplate virHostMemSetParametersValidation[] =
+{
+    { VIR_NODE_MEMORY_SHARED_PAGES_TO_SCAN, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_UINT },
+    { VIR_NODE_MEMORY_SHARED_SLEEP_MILLISECS, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_UINT },
+    { VIR_NODE_MEMORY_SHARED_MERGE_ACROSS_NODES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_UINT },
+    { "", 0 }
+};
+
 int
 virHostMemSetParameters(virTypedParameterPtr params,
                         int nparams)
 {
     size_t i;
 
-    if (virTypedParamsValidate(params, nparams,
-                               VIR_NODE_MEMORY_SHARED_PAGES_TO_SCAN,
-                               VIR_TYPED_PARAM_UINT,
-                               VIR_NODE_MEMORY_SHARED_SLEEP_MILLISECS,
-                               VIR_TYPED_PARAM_UINT,
-                               VIR_NODE_MEMORY_SHARED_MERGE_ACROSS_NODES,
-                               VIR_TYPED_PARAM_UINT,
-                               NULL) < 0)
+    if (virTypedParamsValidateTemplate(params, nparams,
+                                       virHostMemSetParametersValidation) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (!virHostMemParametersAreAllSupported(params, nparams))
@@ -379,6 +382,11 @@ virHostMemSetParameters(virTypedParameterPtr params,
     return 0;
 }
 #else
+const virTypedParamValidationTemplate virHostMemSetParametersValidation[] =
+{
+    { "", 0 }
+};
+
 int
 virHostMemSetParameters(virTypedParameterPtr params G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                         int nparams G_GNUC_UNUSED)
diff --git a/src/util/virhostmem.h b/src/util/virhostmem.h
index 4a0d692402..ebe7d26f21 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostmem.h
+++ b/src/util/virhostmem.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "virtypedparam.h"
 
 int virHostMemGetStats(int cellNum,
                        virNodeMemoryStatsPtr params,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ int virHostMemGetInfo(unsigned long long *mem,
 int virHostMemGetParameters(virTypedParameterPtr params,
                             int *nparams);
 
+extern const virTypedParamValidationTemplate virHostMemSetParametersValidation[];
 int virHostMemSetParameters(virTypedParameterPtr params,
                             int nparams);