diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index e451ef6f87..07f18db635 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -3872,6 +3872,7 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareAny(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         if (nbdPort == 0)
             virPortAllocatorRelease(driver->migrationPorts, priv->nbdPort);
         priv->nbdPort = 0;
+        virDomainObjRemoveTransientDef(vm);
         qemuDomainRemoveInactive(driver, vm);
     }
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);