diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 1854900c9a..ea8b275601 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -5373,6 +5373,15 @@ qemuMigrationFinish(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             goto endjob;
     }
 
+    /* Now that the state data was transferred we can refresh the actual state
+     * of the devices */
+    if (qemuProcessRefreshState(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_MIGRATION_IN) < 0) {
+        /* Similarly to the case above v2 protocol will not be able to recover
+         * from this. Let's ignore this and perhaps stuff will not break. */
+        if (v3proto)
+            goto endjob;
+    }
+
     if (priv->job.current->status == QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_POSTCOPY)
         inPostCopy = true;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index bcd4ac8ad6..fe12d94d37 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -6084,7 +6084,7 @@ qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
  * function is called after a deferred migration finishes so that we can update
  * state influenced by the migration stream.
  */
-static int
+int
 qemuProcessRefreshState(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                         virDomainObjPtr vm,
                         qemuDomainAsyncJob asyncJob)
@@ -6125,9 +6125,6 @@ qemuProcessFinishStartup(virConnectPtr conn,
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if (qemuProcessRefreshState(driver, vm, asyncJob) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
     if (startCPUs) {
         VIR_DEBUG("Starting domain CPUs");
         if (qemuProcessStartCPUs(driver, vm, conn,
@@ -6231,11 +6228,17 @@ qemuProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
                                  VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_USER) < 0)
         goto stop;
 
-    /* Keep watching qemu log for errors during incoming migration, otherwise
-     * unset reporting errors from qemu log. */
-    if (!incoming)
+    if (!incoming) {
+        /* Keep watching qemu log for errors during incoming migration, otherwise
+         * unset reporting errors from qemu log. */
         qemuMonitorSetDomainLog(priv->mon, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+        /* Refresh state of devices from qemu. During migration this needs to
+         * happen after the state information is fully transferred. */
+        if (qemuProcessRefreshState(driver, vm, asyncJob) < 0)
+            goto stop;
+    }
+
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
index cd9a720313..b383ff309b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ int qemuProcessFinishStartup(virConnectPtr conn,
                              bool startCPUs,
                              virDomainPausedReason pausedReason);
 
+int qemuProcessRefreshState(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
+                            virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                            qemuDomainAsyncJob asyncJob);
+
 typedef enum {
     VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_STOP_MIGRATED      = 1 << 0,
     VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_STOP_NO_RELABEL    = 1 << 1,