diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index a3b214a..0df70bb 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -811,9 +811,9 @@ impl VM {
         vars += "\n";
         vars += &format!(r#"export VCPUS="{}""#, self.vcpus);
         vars += "\n";
-        vars += &format!(r#"export MEMORY="{}M""#, self.memory_mb);
+        vars += &format!(r#"export MEMORY="{}M""#, (self.memory_mb / 2 * 2));
         vars += "\n";
-        vars += &format!(r#"export MAX_MEMORY="{}M""#, self.memory_mb + 256);
+        vars += &format!(r#"export MAX_MEMORY="{}M""#, (self.memory_mb / 2 * 2) + 256);
         vars += "\n";
         vars += &format!(r#"export DISK="{}""#, self.disk_path());
         vars += "\n";