diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 039b3911c8..0b9b4f76af 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -2973,9 +2973,6 @@ qemuProcessRecoverMigrationIn(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         /* migration finished, we started resuming the domain but didn't
          * confirm success or failure yet; killing it seems safest unless
          * we already started guest CPUs or we were in post-copy mode */
-        ignore_value(qemuMigrationResetTLS(driver, vm,
-                                           QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_MIGRATION_IN,
-                                           NULL, NULL));
         if (postcopy) {
             qemuMigrationPostcopyFailed(driver, vm);
         } else if (state != VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) {
@@ -2985,6 +2982,7 @@ qemuProcessRecoverMigrationIn(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         break;
     }
 
+    qemuMigrationResetTLS(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE, NULL, NULL);
     return 0;
 }