diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 98e3c53f59..083729003b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -2660,6 +2660,11 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetMigrationParams(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONHasError(reply, "CommandNotFound")) {
+        ret = 0;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
     if (qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply) < 0)
         goto cleanup;