diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index d83293dcfe..58f90c2885 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -4341,12 +4341,16 @@ qemuMigrationFinish(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     virCapsPtr caps = NULL;
+    unsigned short port;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("driver=%p, dconn=%p, vm=%p, cookiein=%s, cookieinlen=%d, "
               "cookieout=%p, cookieoutlen=%p, flags=%lx, retcode=%d",
               driver, dconn, vm, NULLSTR(cookiein), cookieinlen,
               cookieout, cookieoutlen, flags, retcode);
 
+    port = priv->migrationPort;
+    priv->migrationPort = 0;
+
     if (!(caps = virQEMUDriverGetCapabilities(driver, false)))
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -4393,8 +4397,6 @@ qemuMigrationFinish(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         }
 
         qemuMigrationStopNBDServer(driver, vm, mig);
-        virPortAllocatorRelease(driver->migrationPorts, priv->migrationPort);
-        priv->migrationPort = 0;
 
         if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_PERSIST_DEST) {
             virDomainDefPtr vmdef;
@@ -4527,6 +4529,7 @@ endjob:
     }
 
 cleanup:
+    virPortAllocatorRelease(driver->migrationPorts, port);
     if (vm) {
         VIR_FREE(priv->origname);
         virObjectUnlock(vm);