diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 6e852e8887..227a66cce4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12743,7 +12743,8 @@ qemuDomainMigratePerform3Params(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (nmigrate_disks < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(migParams = qemuMigrationParamsFromFlags(params, nparams, flags)))
+    if (!(migParams = qemuMigrationParamsFromFlags(params, nparams, flags,
+                                                   QEMU_MIGRATION_SOURCE)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!(compression = qemuMigrationAnyCompressionParse(params, nparams, flags)))
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c
index a7b5ce385e..b55abc2e36 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ qemuMigrationParamsFree(qemuMigrationParamsPtr migParams)
 qemuMigrationParamsPtr
 qemuMigrationParamsFromFlags(virTypedParameterPtr params,
                              int nparams,
-                             unsigned long flags)
+                             unsigned long flags,
+                             qemuMigrationParty party)
 {
     qemuMigrationParamsPtr migParams;
 
@@ -102,8 +103,10 @@ qemuMigrationParamsFromFlags(virTypedParameterPtr params,
             migParams->params.VAR ## _set = true; \
     } while (0)
 
-    GET(AUTO_CONVERGE_INITIAL, cpuThrottleInitial);
-    GET(AUTO_CONVERGE_INCREMENT, cpuThrottleIncrement);
+    if (party == QEMU_MIGRATION_SOURCE) {
+        GET(AUTO_CONVERGE_INITIAL, cpuThrottleInitial);
+        GET(AUTO_CONVERGE_INCREMENT, cpuThrottleIncrement);
+    }
 
 #undef GET
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h
index 7ca667a507..d66fdb7cde 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ struct _qemuMigrationCompression {
 typedef struct _qemuMigrationParams qemuMigrationParams;
 typedef qemuMigrationParams *qemuMigrationParamsPtr;
 
+typedef enum {
+    QEMU_MIGRATION_SOURCE = (1 << 0),
+    QEMU_MIGRATION_DESTINATION = (1 << 1),
+} qemuMigrationParty;
+
 
 qemuMigrationParamsPtr
 qemuMigrationParamsNew(void);
@@ -57,7 +62,8 @@ qemuMigrationParamsNew(void);
 qemuMigrationParamsPtr
 qemuMigrationParamsFromFlags(virTypedParameterPtr params,
                              int nparams,
-                             unsigned long flags);
+                             unsigned long flags,
+                             qemuMigrationParty party);
 
 void
 qemuMigrationParamsFree(qemuMigrationParamsPtr migParams);