diff --git a/poky/scripts/runqemu b/poky/scripts/runqemu
index 55cdd41..1c96b29 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/poky/scripts/runqemu
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
 
         self.qemu_opt = ''
         self.qemu_opt_script = ''
+        self.qemuparams = ''
         self.clean_nfs_dir = False
         self.nfs_server = ''
         self.rootfs = ''
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@
             elif arg.startswith('biosfilename='):
                 self.qemu_opt_script += ' -bios %s' % arg[len('biosfilename='):]
             elif arg.startswith('qemuparams='):
-                self.qemu_opt_script += ' %s' % arg[len('qemuparams='):]
+                self.qemuparams = ' %s' % arg[len('qemuparams='):]
             elif arg.startswith('bootparams='):
                 self.bootparams = arg[len('bootparams='):]
             elif os.path.exists(arg) or (re.search(':', arg) and re.search('/', arg)):
@@ -662,13 +663,28 @@
             raise RunQemuError("Invalid custombiosdir: %s" % self.custombiosdir)
 
     def check_mem(self):
-        s = re.search('-m +([0-9]+)', self.qemu_opt_script)
+        """
+        Both qemu and kernel needs memory settings, so check QB_MEM and set it
+        for both.
+        """
+        s = re.search('-m +([0-9]+)', self.qemuparams)
         if s:
             self.set('QB_MEM', '-m %s' % s.group(1))
         elif not self.get('QB_MEM'):
             logger.info('QB_MEM is not set, use 512M by default')
             self.set('QB_MEM', '-m 512')
 
+        # Check and remove M or m suffix
+        qb_mem = self.get('QB_MEM')
+        if qb_mem.endswith('M') or qb_mem.endswith('m'):
+            qb_mem = qb_mem[:-1]
+
+        # Add -m prefix it not present
+        if not qb_mem.startswith('-m'):
+            qb_mem = '-m %s' % qb_mem
+
+        self.set('QB_MEM', qb_mem)
+
         mach = self.get('MACHINE')
         if not mach.startswith('qemumips'):
             self.kernel_cmdline_script += ' mem=%s' % self.get('QB_MEM').replace('-m','').strip() + 'M'
@@ -1164,6 +1180,10 @@
 
         self.qemu_opt += ' ' + self.qemu_opt_script
 
+        # Append qemuparams to override previous settings
+        if self.qemuparams:
+            self.qemu_opt += ' ' + self.qemuparams
+
         if self.snapshot:
             self.qemu_opt += " -snapshot"