diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 6be11b419c..cb8c75dd06 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -3365,7 +3365,8 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareIncoming(virDomainObjPtr vm,
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    inc = qemuProcessIncomingDefNew(priv->qemuCaps, migrateFrom, fd, NULL);
+    inc = qemuProcessIncomingDefNew(priv->qemuCaps, listenAddress,
+                                    migrateFrom, fd, NULL);
 
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(migrateFrom);
@@ -3586,7 +3587,7 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareAny(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (mig->nbd &&
         flags & (VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK | VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC) &&
         virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NBD_SERVER)) {
-        if (qemuMigrationStartNBDServer(driver, vm, listenAddress,
+        if (qemuMigrationStartNBDServer(driver, vm, incoming->address,
                                         nmigrate_disks, migrate_disks) < 0) {
             goto stopjob;
         }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index f2740687f6..819ad05f76 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -4124,6 +4124,7 @@ qemuProcessIncomingDefFree(qemuProcessIncomingDefPtr inc)
     if (!inc)
         return;
 
+    VIR_FREE(inc->address);
     VIR_FREE(inc->launchURI);
     VIR_FREE(inc->deferredURI);
     VIR_FREE(inc);
@@ -4137,6 +4138,7 @@ qemuProcessIncomingDefFree(qemuProcessIncomingDefPtr inc)
  */
 qemuProcessIncomingDefPtr
 qemuProcessIncomingDefNew(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                          const char *listenAddress,
                           const char *migrateFrom,
                           int fd,
                           const char *path)
@@ -4149,6 +4151,9 @@ qemuProcessIncomingDefNew(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     if (VIR_ALLOC(inc) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
+    if (VIR_STRDUP(inc->address, listenAddress) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     inc->launchURI = qemuMigrationIncomingURI(migrateFrom, fd);
     if (!inc->launchURI)
         goto error;
@@ -5137,7 +5142,7 @@ qemuProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (migrateFrom) {
-        incoming = qemuProcessIncomingDefNew(priv->qemuCaps, migrateFrom,
+        incoming = qemuProcessIncomingDefNew(priv->qemuCaps, NULL, migrateFrom,
                                              migrateFd, migratePath);
         if (!incoming)
             goto stop;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
index 85e3a06817..c67411139a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int qemuProcessAssignPCIAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def);
 typedef struct _qemuProcessIncomingDef qemuProcessIncomingDef;
 typedef qemuProcessIncomingDef *qemuProcessIncomingDefPtr;
 struct _qemuProcessIncomingDef {
+    char *address; /* address where QEMU is supposed to listen */
     char *launchURI; /* used as a parameter for -incoming command line option */
     char *deferredURI; /* used when calling migrate-incoming QMP command */
     int fd; /* for fd:N URI */
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ struct _qemuProcessIncomingDef {
 };
 
 qemuProcessIncomingDefPtr qemuProcessIncomingDefNew(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                                                    const char *listenAddress,
                                                     const char *migrateFrom,
                                                     int fd,
                                                     const char *path);