diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
index 9b516c1bfe..a4b81bb5f6 100644
--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ enum VMStateFlags {
     VMS_VARRAY_UINT32    = 0x800,  /* Array with size in uint32_t field*/
     VMS_MUST_EXIST       = 0x1000, /* Field must exist in input */
     VMS_ALLOC            = 0x2000, /* Alloc a buffer on the destination */
+    VMS_MULTIPLY_ELEMENTS = 0x4000, /* multiply varray size by field->num */
 };
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -246,6 +247,16 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_bitmap;
     .offset     = vmstate_offset_2darray(_state, _field, _type, _n1, _n2),  \
 }
 
+#define VMSTATE_VARRAY_MULTIPLY(_field, _state, _field_num, _multiply, _info, _type) { \
+    .name       = (stringify(_field)),                               \
+    .num_offset = vmstate_offset_value(_state, _field_num, uint32_t),\
+    .num        = (_multiply),                                       \
+    .info       = &(_info),                                          \
+    .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
+    .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_UINT32|VMS_MULTIPLY_ELEMENTS,           \
+    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+}
+
 #define VMSTATE_ARRAY_TEST(_field, _state, _num, _test, _info, _type) {\
     .name         = (stringify(_field)),                              \
     .field_exists = (_test),                                          \
diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c
index f70fe59a3c..a7ad7f2216 100644
--- a/migration/vmstate.c
+++ b/migration/vmstate.c
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ static int vmstate_n_elems(void *opaque, VMStateField *field)
         n_elems = *(uint8_t *)(opaque+field->num_offset);
     }
 
+    if (field->flags & VMS_MULTIPLY_ELEMENTS) {
+        n_elems *= field->num;
+    }
+
     return n_elems;
 }