diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index cf098523d0..abdbce92dd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3613,6 +3613,7 @@ qemuBuildThreadContextProps(virJSONValue **tcProps,
     g_autoptr(virJSONValue) nodemaskCopy = NULL;
     g_autofree char *tcAlias = NULL;
     const char *memalias = NULL;
+    bool prealloc = false;
 
     *tcProps = NULL;
 
@@ -3645,6 +3646,12 @@ qemuBuildThreadContextProps(virJSONValue **tcProps,
                               NULL) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (virJSONValueObjectGetBoolean(*memProps, "prealloc", &prealloc) >= 0 &&
+        prealloc) {
+        priv->threadContextAliases = g_slist_prepend(priv->threadContextAliases,
+                                                     g_steal_pointer(&tcAlias));
+    }
+
     *tcProps = g_steal_pointer(&props);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 0d579bfc9b..ef1a9c8c74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1811,6 +1811,8 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateDataClear(qemuDomainObjPrivate *priv)
     priv->preMigrationMemlock = 0;
 
     virHashRemoveAll(priv->statsSchema);
+
+    g_slist_free_full(g_steal_pointer(&priv->threadContextAliases), g_free);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index d5f4fbad12..a9af8502d2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ struct _qemuDomainObjPrivate {
      * briefly when starting a guest. Don't save/parse into XML. */
     pid_t schedCoreChildPID;
     pid_t schedCoreChildFD;
+
+    GSList *threadContextAliases; /* List of IDs of thread-context objects */
 };
 
 #define QEMU_DOMAIN_PRIVATE(vm) \
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4b26c384cf..0769f30d74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -7500,6 +7500,50 @@ qemuProcessSetupLifecycleActions(virDomainObj *vm,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuProcessDeleteThreadContext(virDomainObj *vm)
+{
+    qemuDomainObjPrivate *priv = vm->privateData;
+    GSList *next = priv->threadContextAliases;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (!next)
+        return 0;
+
+    for (; next; next = next->next) {
+        if (qemuMonitorDelObject(priv->mon, next->data, true) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    ret = 0;
+ cleanup:
+    g_slist_free_full(g_steal_pointer(&priv->threadContextAliases), g_free);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+static int
+qemuProcessDeleteThreadContextHelper(virDomainObj *vm,
+                                     virDomainAsyncJob asyncJob)
+{
+    qemuDomainObjPrivate *priv = vm->privateData;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (!priv->threadContextAliases)
+        return 0;
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("Deleting thread context objects");
+    if (qemuDomainObjEnterMonitorAsync(vm, asyncJob) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    ret = qemuProcessDeleteThreadContext(vm);
+
+    qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(vm);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * qemuProcessLaunch:
  *
@@ -7860,6 +7904,9 @@ qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (qemuProcessSetupLifecycleActions(vm, asyncJob) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (qemuProcessDeleteThreadContextHelper(vm, asyncJob) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
index d1f58ee258..9a24745f15 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ int qemuProcessPrepareHost(virQEMUDriver *driver,
                            virDomainObj *vm,
                            unsigned int flags);
 
+int qemuProcessDeleteThreadContext(virDomainObj *vm);
+
 int qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
                       virQEMUDriver *driver,
                       virDomainObj *vm,