diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.c
index f85429a7ce..e76eb7f2cf 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.c
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPreserveJob(virDomainObj *obj,
     job->owner = priv->job.owner;
     job->asyncJob = priv->job.asyncJob;
     job->asyncOwner = priv->job.asyncOwner;
+    job->asyncStarted = priv->job.asyncStarted;
     job->phase = priv->job.phase;
     job->privateData = g_steal_pointer(&priv->job.privateData);
     job->apiFlags = priv->job.apiFlags;
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ void
 qemuDomainObjRestoreAsyncJob(virDomainObj *vm,
                              virDomainAsyncJob asyncJob,
                              int phase,
+                             unsigned long long started,
                              virDomainJobOperation operation,
                              qemuDomainJobStatsType statsType,
                              virDomainJobStatus status,
@@ -261,18 +263,18 @@ qemuDomainObjRestoreAsyncJob(virDomainObj *vm,
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivate *priv = vm->privateData;
     qemuDomainJobObj *job = &priv->job;
-    unsigned long long now;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Restoring %s async job for domain %s",
               virDomainAsyncJobTypeToString(asyncJob), vm->def->name);
 
-    ignore_value(virTimeMillisNow(&now));
+    if (started == 0)
+        ignore_value(virTimeMillisNow(&started));
 
     job->jobsQueued++;
     job->asyncJob = asyncJob;
     job->phase = phase;
     job->asyncOwnerAPI = g_strdup(virThreadJobGet());
-    job->asyncStarted = now;
+    job->asyncStarted = started;
 
     qemuDomainObjSetAsyncJobMask(vm, allowedJobs);
 
@@ -280,7 +282,7 @@ qemuDomainObjRestoreAsyncJob(virDomainObj *vm,
     qemuDomainJobSetStatsType(priv->job.current, statsType);
     job->current->operation = operation;
     job->current->status = status;
-    job->current->started = now;
+    job->current->started = started;
 }
 
 
@@ -1250,8 +1252,10 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatJob(virBuffer *buf,
                                                           priv->job.phase));
     }
 
-    if (priv->job.asyncJob != VIR_ASYNC_JOB_NONE)
+    if (priv->job.asyncJob != VIR_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) {
         virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " flags='0x%lx'", priv->job.apiFlags);
+        virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " asyncStarted='%llu'", priv->job.asyncStarted);
+    }
 
     if (priv->job.cb &&
         priv->job.cb->formatJob(&childBuf, &priv->job, vm) < 0)
@@ -1307,6 +1311,13 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseJob(virDomainObj *vm,
             }
             VIR_FREE(tmp);
         }
+
+        if (virXPathULongLong("string(@asyncStarted)", ctxt,
+                              &priv->job.asyncStarted) == -2) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                           _("Invalid async job start"));
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
 
     if (virXPathULongHex("string(@flags)", ctxt, &priv->job.apiFlags) == -2) {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.h
index 069bb9f8cb..707d4e91ed 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domainjob.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ void
 qemuDomainObjRestoreAsyncJob(virDomainObj *vm,
                              virDomainAsyncJob asyncJob,
                              int phase,
+                             unsigned long long started,
                              virDomainJobOperation operation,
                              qemuDomainJobStatsType statsType,
                              virDomainJobStatus status,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 081b049672..a87dc9a1fb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3402,7 +3402,8 @@ qemuProcessRestoreMigrationJob(virDomainObj *vm,
         allowedJobs = VIR_JOB_DEFAULT_MASK | JOB_MASK(VIR_JOB_MIGRATION_OP);
     }
 
-    qemuDomainObjRestoreAsyncJob(vm, job->asyncJob, job->phase, op,
+    qemuDomainObjRestoreAsyncJob(vm, job->asyncJob, job->phase,
+                                 job->asyncStarted, op,
                                  QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATS_TYPE_MIGRATION,
                                  VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_PAUSED,
                                  allowedJobs);
@@ -3675,6 +3676,7 @@ qemuProcessRecoverJob(virQEMUDriver *driver,
     case VIR_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP:
         /* Restore the config of the async job which is not persisted */
         qemuDomainObjRestoreAsyncJob(vm, VIR_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP, 0,
+                                     job->asyncStarted,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_BACKUP,
                                      QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATS_TYPE_BACKUP,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_ACTIVE,
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml
index 8b0878c82e..1086f5230d 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
     <flag name='dump-completed'/>
     <flag name='hda-output'/>
   </qemuCaps>
-  <job type='none' async='migration in' phase='prepare' flags='0x900'>
+  <job type='none' async='migration in' phase='prepare' flags='0x900' asyncStarted='0'>
     <migParams>
       <param name='compress-level' value='1'/>
       <param name='compress-threads' value='8'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-bitmaps-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-bitmaps-in.xml
index 7d55db0996..4ee44ffbd4 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-bitmaps-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-bitmaps-in.xml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
     <flag name='cpu-max'/>
     <flag name='migration-param.block-bitmap-mapping'/>
   </qemuCaps>
-  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x42'>
+  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x42' asyncStarted='0'>
     <disk dev='hda' migrating='no'/>
     <disk dev='vda' migrating='yes'>
       <migrationSource type='network' format='raw'>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml
index 1a918c0b5a..540e385de3 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     <flag name='dump-completed'/>
     <flag name='hda-output'/>
   </qemuCaps>
-  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x0'>
+  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x0' asyncStarted='0'>
     <disk dev='vdb' migrating='yes'/>
     <disk dev='hda' migrating='no'/>
   </job>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml
index 87c67f8300..d0e997913f 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
     <flag name='nbd-tls'/>
     <flag name='blockdev-del'/>
   </qemuCaps>
-  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x0'>
+  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x0' asyncStarted='0'>
     <disk dev='vdb' migrating='yes'>
       <migrationSource type='network' format='raw'>
         <source protocol='nbd' name='drive-virtio-disk1' tlsFromConfig='0'>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml
index 73ac09fb92..758a6f03b7 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
     <flag name='dump-completed'/>
     <flag name='hda-output'/>
   </qemuCaps>
-  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x802'>
+  <job type='none' async='migration out' phase='perform3' flags='0x802' asyncStarted='0'>
     <disk dev='vda' migrating='no'/>
     <migParams>
       <param name='compress-level' value='1'/>