diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
index 470527998f..31a4828c46 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const defaultVCPUCount uint32 = 1
 const defaultMaxVCPUCount uint32 = 0
 const defaultMemSize uint32 = 2048 // MiB
 const defaultMemSlots uint32 = 10
-const defaultMemOffset uint32 = 0 // MiB
+const defaultMemOffset uint64 = 0 // MiB
 const defaultVirtioMem bool = false
 const defaultBridgesCount uint32 = 1
 const defaultInterNetworkingModel = "tcfilter"
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
index 3da633a24a..c6173234ef 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ type hypervisor struct {
 	DefaultMaxVCPUs         uint32   `toml:"default_maxvcpus"`
 	MemorySize              uint32   `toml:"default_memory"`
 	MemSlots                uint32   `toml:"memory_slots"`
-	MemOffset               uint32   `toml:"memory_offset"`
+	MemOffset               uint64   `toml:"memory_offset"`
 	DefaultBridges          uint32   `toml:"default_bridges"`
 	Msize9p                 uint32   `toml:"msize_9p"`
 	PCIeRootPort            uint32   `toml:"pcie_root_port"`
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func (h hypervisor) defaultMemSlots() uint32 {
 	return slots
 }
 
-func (h hypervisor) defaultMemOffset() uint32 {
+func (h hypervisor) defaultMemOffset() uint64 {
 	offset := h.MemOffset
 	if offset == 0 {
 		offset = defaultMemOffset
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index 9e6cabf7ff..d6bc97c118 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ type HypervisorConfig struct {
 	MemSlots uint32
 
 	// MemOffset specifies memory space for nvdimm device
-	MemOffset uint32
+	MemOffset uint64
 
 	// VirtioFSCacheSize is the DAX cache size in MiB
 	VirtioFSCacheSize uint32
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/persist/api/config.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/persist/api/config.go
index 3bd5567dbe..897aae3668 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/persist/api/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/persist/api/config.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type HypervisorConfig struct {
 	MemSlots uint32
 
 	// MemOffset specifies memory space for nvdimm device
-	MemOffset uint32
+	MemOffset uint64
 
 	// VirtioFSCacheSize is the DAX cache size in MiB
 	VirtioFSCacheSize uint32
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
index efaee4a969..b007f3ae31 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -576,13 +576,13 @@ func addHypervisorMemoryOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConfig
 	}
 
 	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.MemOffset]; ok {
-		moffset, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 32)
+		moffset, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing annotation for memory_offset: %v, please specify positive numeric value", err)
 		}
 
 		if moffset > 0 {
-			sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.MemOffset = uint32(moffset)
+			sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.MemOffset = moffset
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
index 436510c47f..8e8a5a3ed3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ func TestAddHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.DefaultMaxVCPUs, uint32(1))
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.MemorySize, uint32(1024))
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.MemSlots, uint32(20))
-	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.MemOffset, uint32(512))
+	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.MemOffset, uint64(512))
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.VirtioMem, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.MemPrealloc, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.Mlock, false)
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 953b611242..8c478f0b4b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -2116,12 +2116,12 @@ func genericBridges(number uint32, machineType string) []types.Bridge {
 }
 
 // nolint: unused, deadcode
-func genericMemoryTopology(memoryMb, hostMemoryMb uint64, slots uint8, memoryOffset uint32) govmmQemu.Memory {
+func genericMemoryTopology(memoryMb, hostMemoryMb uint64, slots uint8, memoryOffset uint64) govmmQemu.Memory {
 	// image NVDIMM device needs memory space 1024MB
 	// See https://github.com/clearcontainers/runtime/issues/380
 	memoryOffset += 1024
 
-	memMax := fmt.Sprintf("%dM", hostMemoryMb+uint64(memoryOffset))
+	memMax := fmt.Sprintf("%dM", hostMemoryMb+memoryOffset)
 
 	mem := fmt.Sprintf("%dM", memoryMb)
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go
index b29b84a1b0..5016e58ad7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestQemuAmd64CPUModel(t *testing.T) {
 func TestQemuAmd64MemoryTopology(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 	amd64 := newTestQemu(assert, QemuPC)
-	memoryOffset := 1024
+	memoryOffset := uint64(1024)
 
 	hostMem := uint64(100)
 	mem := uint64(120)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestQemuAmd64MemoryTopology(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedMemory := govmmQemu.Memory{
 		Size:   fmt.Sprintf("%dM", mem),
 		Slots:  slots,
-		MaxMem: fmt.Sprintf("%dM", hostMem+uint64(memoryOffset)),
+		MaxMem: fmt.Sprintf("%dM", hostMem+memoryOffset),
 	}
 
 	m := amd64.memoryTopology(mem, hostMem, slots)
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
index 6c35550ad3..ebdfc4a3b8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const (
 type qemuArchBase struct {
 	qemuMachine          govmmQemu.Machine
 	qemuExePath          string
-	memoryOffset         uint32
+	memoryOffset         uint64
 	nestedRun            bool
 	vhost                bool
 	disableNvdimm        bool