diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index e44931dcfa..79dcb4a15d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -4156,7 +4156,7 @@ qemuMigrationSrcRun(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
 
     if (qemuMigrationSetDBusVMState(driver, vm) < 0)
-        goto exit_monitor;
+        goto error;
 
     /* Before EnterMonitor, since already qemuProcessStopCPUs does that */
     if (!(flags & VIR_MIGRATE_LIVE) &&