diff --git a/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c b/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c
index c61d382be8..b39c13ce4e 100644
--- a/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c
+++ b/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 #include "qemu/id.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-migration.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-visit-migration.h"
+#include "qapi/clone-visitor.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 #define CHUNK_SIZE     (1 << 10)
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ static GHashTable *construct_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
         AliasMapInnerNode *amin;
         GHashTable *bitmaps_map;
         const char *node_map_from, *node_map_to;
+        GDestroyNotify gdn;
 
         if (!id_wellformed(bmna->alias)) {
             error_setg(errp, "The node alias '%s' is not well-formed",
@@ -263,8 +266,9 @@ static GHashTable *construct_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
             node_map_to = bmna->node_name;
         }
 
-        bitmaps_map = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
-                                            g_free, g_free);
+        gdn = (GDestroyNotify) qapi_free_BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias;
+        bitmaps_map = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free,
+                                            gdn);
 
         amin = g_new(AliasMapInnerNode, 1);
         *amin = (AliasMapInnerNode){
@@ -276,7 +280,7 @@ static GHashTable *construct_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
 
         for (bmbal = bmna->bitmaps; bmbal; bmbal = bmbal->next) {
             const BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias *bmba = bmbal->value;
-            const char *bmap_map_from, *bmap_map_to;
+            const char *bmap_map_from;
 
             if (strlen(bmba->alias) > UINT8_MAX) {
                 error_setg(errp,
@@ -293,7 +297,6 @@ static GHashTable *construct_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
 
             if (name_to_alias) {
                 bmap_map_from = bmba->name;
-                bmap_map_to = bmba->alias;
 
                 if (g_hash_table_contains(bitmaps_map, bmba->name)) {
                     error_setg(errp, "The bitmap '%s'/'%s' is mapped twice",
@@ -302,7 +305,6 @@ static GHashTable *construct_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
                 }
             } else {
                 bmap_map_from = bmba->alias;
-                bmap_map_to = bmba->name;
 
                 if (g_hash_table_contains(bitmaps_map, bmba->alias)) {
                     error_setg(errp, "The bitmap alias '%s'/'%s' is used twice",
@@ -311,8 +313,8 @@ static GHashTable *construct_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
                 }
             }
 
-            g_hash_table_insert(bitmaps_map,
-                                g_strdup(bmap_map_from), g_strdup(bmap_map_to));
+            g_hash_table_insert(bitmaps_map, g_strdup(bmap_map_from),
+                                QAPI_CLONE(BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias, bmba));
         }
     }
 
@@ -538,11 +540,15 @@ static int add_bitmaps_to_list(DBMSaveState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
         }
 
         if (bitmap_aliases) {
-            bitmap_alias = g_hash_table_lookup(bitmap_aliases, bitmap_name);
-            if (!bitmap_alias) {
+            BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias *bmap_inner;
+
+            bmap_inner = g_hash_table_lookup(bitmap_aliases, bitmap_name);
+            if (!bmap_inner) {
                 /* Skip bitmaps with no alias */
                 continue;
             }
+
+            bitmap_alias = bmap_inner->alias;
         } else {
             if (strlen(bitmap_name) > UINT8_MAX) {
                 error_report("Cannot migrate bitmap '%s' on node '%s': "
@@ -1074,13 +1080,16 @@ static int dirty_bitmap_load_header(QEMUFile *f, DBMLoadState *s,
 
         bitmap_name = s->bitmap_alias;
         if (!s->cancelled && bitmap_alias_map) {
-            bitmap_name = g_hash_table_lookup(bitmap_alias_map,
-                                              s->bitmap_alias);
-            if (!bitmap_name) {
+            BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias *bmap_inner;
+
+            bmap_inner = g_hash_table_lookup(bitmap_alias_map, s->bitmap_alias);
+            if (!bmap_inner) {
                 error_report("Error: Unknown bitmap alias '%s' on node "
                              "'%s' (alias '%s')", s->bitmap_alias,
                              s->bs->node_name, s->node_alias);
                 cancel_incoming_locked(s);
+            } else {
+                bitmap_name = bmap_inner->name;
             }
         }