diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index dd9d64a207..71069827e4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -2618,15 +2618,6 @@ qemuMonitorSetMigrationParams(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR_JSON(mon);
 
-    if (!params->compressLevel_set &&
-        !params->compressThreads_set &&
-        !params->decompressThreads_set &&
-        !params->cpuThrottleInitial_set &&
-        !params->cpuThrottleIncrement_set &&
-        !params->migrateTLSAlias &&
-        !params->migrateTLSHostname)
-        return 0;
-
     return qemuMonitorJSONSetMigrationParams(mon, params);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 826133543e..d3c37ded87 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -2765,6 +2765,11 @@ qemuMonitorJSONSetMigrationParams(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 #undef APPEND_INT
 #undef APPEND_STR
 
+    if (virJSONValueObjectKeysNumber(args) == 0) {
+        ret = 0;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
     if (virJSONValueObjectAppend(cmd, "arguments", args) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
     args = NULL;