diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 2abf2eea8d..a53a53369a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -3387,7 +3387,8 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareAny(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     if (!(mig = qemuMigrationEatCookie(driver, vm, cookiein, cookieinlen,
                                        QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_LOCKSTATE |
-                                       QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_NBD)))
+                                       QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_NBD |
+                                       QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (STREQ_NULLABLE(protocol, "rdma") &&