diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index 2ec13e4cc3..bb17b1b96c 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,6 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     MigrateSetParameters *p = g_new0(MigrateSetParameters, 1);
     uint64_t valuebw = 0;
     uint64_t cache_size;
-    MultiFDCompression compress_type;
     Error *err = NULL;
     int val, ret;
 
@@ -1343,11 +1342,8 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         break;
     case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_MULTIFD_COMPRESSION:
         p->has_multifd_compression = true;
-        visit_type_MultiFDCompression(v, param, &compress_type, &err);
-        if (err) {
-            break;
-        }
-        p->multifd_compression = compress_type;
+        visit_type_MultiFDCompression(v, param, &p->multifd_compression,
+                                      &err);
         break;
     case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_MULTIFD_ZLIB_LEVEL:
         p->has_multifd_zlib_level = true;