diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 8e9428a5bb..e1f5e49683 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -4672,10 +4672,12 @@ qemuMigrationSrcStart(virDomainObj *vm,
     switch (spec->destType) {
     case MIGRATION_DEST_HOST:
         if (STREQ(spec->dest.host.protocol, "rdma") &&
-            virMemoryLimitIsSet(vm->def->mem.hard_limit) &&
-            qemuDomainSetMaxMemLock(vm, vm->def->mem.hard_limit << 10,
-                                    &priv->preMigrationMemlock) < 0) {
-            return -1;
+            virMemoryLimitIsSet(vm->def->mem.hard_limit)) {
+            if (qemuDomainSetMaxMemLock(vm, vm->def->mem.hard_limit << 10,
+                                        &priv->preMigrationMemlock) < 0)
+                return -1;
+            /* Store the original memory locking limit */
+            qemuDomainSaveStatus(vm);
         }
         return qemuMonitorMigrateToHost(priv->mon, migrateFlags,
                                         spec->dest.host.protocol,
@@ -4868,6 +4870,9 @@ qemuMigrationSrcRun(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 
         if (qemuDomainSetMaxMemLock(vm, limit << 10, &priv->preMigrationMemlock) < 0)
             goto error;
+
+        /* Store the original memory locking limit */
+        qemuDomainSaveStatus(vm);
     }
 
     if (storageMigration) {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index d42333195a..137dcf5cf4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3678,6 +3678,7 @@ qemuProcessRecoverMigration(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 {
     virDomainJobStatus migStatus = VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_NONE;
     qemuDomainJobPrivate *jobPriv = job->privateData;
+    qemuDomainObjPrivate *priv = vm->privateData;
     virDomainState state;
     int reason;
     int rc;
@@ -3727,6 +3728,7 @@ qemuProcessRecoverMigration(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 
     qemuMigrationParamsReset(driver, vm, VIR_ASYNC_JOB_NONE,
                              jobPriv->migParams, job->apiFlags);
+    qemuDomainSetMaxMemLock(vm, 0, &priv->preMigrationMemlock);
 
     return 0;
 }