qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, "/", "#address-cells", 0x2);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, "/", "#size-cells", 0x2);
 
-    if (have_numa_distance) {
+    if (ms->numa_state->have_numa_distance) {
         int size = nb_numa_nodes * nb_numa_nodes * 3 * sizeof(uint32_t);
         uint32_t *matrix = g_malloc0(size);
         int idx, i, j;
 
     if (ms->numa_state->num_nodes > 0) {
         acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
         build_srat(tables_blob, tables->linker, vms);
-        if (have_numa_distance) {
+        if (ms->numa_state->have_numa_distance) {
             acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
             build_slit(tables_blob, tables->linker, ms);
         }
 
                                 "clk24mhz");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, "/apb-pclk", "phandle", vms->clock_phandle);
 
-    if (have_numa_distance) {
+    if (nb_numa_nodes > 0 && ms->numa_state->have_numa_distance) {
         int size = nb_numa_nodes * nb_numa_nodes * 3 * sizeof(uint32_t);
         uint32_t *matrix = g_malloc0(size);
         int idx, i, j;
 
 static int max_numa_nodeid; /* Highest specified NUMA node ID, plus one.
                              * For all nodes, nodeid < max_numa_nodeid
                              */
-bool have_numa_distance;
 NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 
 
     }
 
     numa_info[src].distance[dst] = val;
-    have_numa_distance = true;
+    ms->numa_state->have_numa_distance = true;
 }
 
 void set_numa_options(MachineState *ms, NumaOptions *object, Error **errp)
          * asymmetric. In this case, the distances for both directions
          * of all node pairs are required.
          */
-        if (have_numa_distance) {
+        if (ms->numa_state->have_numa_distance) {
             /* Validate enough NUMA distance information was provided. */
             validate_numa_distance(ms);
 
 
     if (pcms->numa_nodes) {
         acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
         build_srat(tables_blob, tables->linker, machine);
-        if (have_numa_distance) {
+        if (machine->numa_state->have_numa_distance) {
             acpi_add_table(table_offsets, tables_blob);
             build_slit(tables_blob, tables->linker, machine);
         }
 
 #define NUMA_DISTANCE_MAX         254
 #define NUMA_DISTANCE_UNREACHABLE 255
 
-extern bool have_numa_distance;
-
 struct NodeInfo {
     uint64_t node_mem;
     struct HostMemoryBackend *node_memdev;
     /* Number of NUMA nodes */
     int num_nodes;
 
+    /* Allow setting NUMA distance for different NUMA nodes */
+    bool have_numa_distance;
 };
 typedef struct NumaState NumaState;