diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/dummy/one_vmm_dummy.rb b/src/vmm_mad/dummy/one_vmm_dummy.rb
index b0e7b0d437..e314ee7e36 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/dummy/one_vmm_dummy.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/dummy/one_vmm_dummy.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class DummyDriver < VirtualMachineDriver
 
         max_memory = 256
         if msg.elements["VM/TEMPLATE/MEMORY"]
-            max_memory = msg.elements["VM/TEMPLATE/MEMORY"].text.to_i
+            max_memory = msg.elements["VM/TEMPLATE/MEMORY"].text.to_i * 1024
         end
 
         max_cpu = 100