diff --git a/command/meta_backend_migrate.go b/command/meta_backend_migrate.go
index 91c24a9c64..eceb3032d6 100644
--- a/command/meta_backend_migrate.go
+++ b/command/meta_backend_migrate.go
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ func (m *Meta) backendMigrateState_s_s(opts *backendMigrateOpts) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Confirmed! Write.
-	if err := stateTwo.WriteState(one); err != nil {
+	// Confirmed! We'll have the statemgr package handle the migration, which
+	// includes preserving any lineage/serial information where possible, if
+	// both managers support such metadata.
+	if err := statemgr.Migrate(stateTwo, stateOne); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(strings.TrimSpace(errBackendStateCopy),
 			opts.OneType, opts.TwoType, err)
 	}
diff --git a/command/meta_backend_test.go b/command/meta_backend_test.go
index fc6ba51fd6..f0c9510948 100644
--- a/command/meta_backend_test.go
+++ b/command/meta_backend_test.go
@@ -326,24 +326,23 @@ func TestMetaBackend_configureNewWithState(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err := s.RefreshState(); err != nil {
+	state, err := statemgr.RefreshAndRead(s)
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 	}
-	state := s.State()
 	if state == nil {
 		t.Fatal("state is nil")
 	}
 
-	if testStateMgrCurrentLineage(s) != "backend-new-migrate" {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", state)
+	if got, want := testStateMgrCurrentLineage(s), "backend-new-migrate"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("lineage changed during migration\nnow: %s\nwas: %s", got, want)
 	}
 
 	// Write some state
 	state = states.NewState()
 	mark := markStateForMatching(state, "changing")
 
-	s.WriteState(state)
-	if err := s.PersistState(); err != nil {
+	if err := statemgr.WriteAndPersist(s, state); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/command/test-fixtures/backend-new-migrate/terraform.tfstate b/command/test-fixtures/backend-new-migrate/terraform.tfstate
index b1b1415d01..f1d8b968b3 100644
--- a/command/test-fixtures/backend-new-migrate/terraform.tfstate
+++ b/command/test-fixtures/backend-new-migrate/terraform.tfstate
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
             "path": [
                 "root"
             ],
-            "outputs": {},
+            "outputs": {
+                "foo": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "value": "bar"
+                }
+            },
             "resources": {},
             "depends_on": []
         }