diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index c19fb5cb3e..c8ca7927b4 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1809,20 +1809,25 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
 {
     MigrationParameters tmp;
 
-    /* TODO Rewrite "" to null instead */
+    /* TODO Rewrite "" to null instead for all three tls_* parameters */
     if (params->has_tls_creds
         && params->tls_creds->type == QTYPE_QNULL) {
         qobject_unref(params->tls_creds->u.n);
         params->tls_creds->type = QTYPE_QSTRING;
         params->tls_creds->u.s = strdup("");
     }
-    /* TODO Rewrite "" to null instead */
     if (params->has_tls_hostname
         && params->tls_hostname->type == QTYPE_QNULL) {
         qobject_unref(params->tls_hostname->u.n);
         params->tls_hostname->type = QTYPE_QSTRING;
         params->tls_hostname->u.s = strdup("");
     }
+    if (params->tls_authz
+        && params->tls_authz->type == QTYPE_QNULL) {
+        qobject_unref(params->tls_authz->u.n);
+        params->tls_authz->type = QTYPE_QSTRING;
+        params->tls_authz->u.s = strdup("");
+    }
 
     migrate_params_test_apply(params, &tmp);