diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index 6c7c313956..a688ac553a 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static void secondary_vm_do_failover(void)
     qemu_sem_post(&mis->colo_incoming_sem);
 
     /* For Secondary VM, jump to incoming co */
-    if (mis->migration_incoming_co) {
-        qemu_coroutine_enter(mis->migration_incoming_co);
+    if (mis->colo_incoming_co) {
+        qemu_coroutine_enter(mis->colo_incoming_co);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 00d8ba8da0..a6f2f6cacd 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -520,12 +520,14 @@ process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    mis->migration_incoming_co = qemu_coroutine_self();
     mis->largest_page_size = qemu_ram_pagesize_largest();
     postcopy_state_set(POSTCOPY_INCOMING_NONE);
     migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_NONE,
                       MIGRATION_STATUS_ACTIVE);
+
+    mis->loadvm_co = qemu_coroutine_self();
     ret = qemu_loadvm_state(mis->from_src_file);
+    mis->loadvm_co = NULL;
 
     ps = postcopy_state_get();
     trace_process_incoming_migration_co_end(ret, ps);
@@ -566,7 +568,10 @@ process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
 
         qemu_thread_create(&colo_incoming_thread, "COLO incoming",
              colo_process_incoming_thread, mis, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+
+        mis->colo_incoming_co = qemu_coroutine_self();
         qemu_coroutine_yield();
+        mis->colo_incoming_co = NULL;
 
         qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
         /* Wait checkpoint incoming thread exit before free resource */
@@ -578,7 +583,6 @@ process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
 
     mis->bh = qemu_bh_new(process_incoming_migration_bh, mis);
     qemu_bh_schedule(mis->bh);
-    mis->migration_incoming_co = NULL;
     return;
 fail:
     local_err = NULL;
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 7721c7658b..48a46123a0 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -162,8 +162,15 @@ struct MigrationIncomingState {
 
     int state;
 
+    /*
+     * The incoming migration coroutine, non-NULL during qemu_loadvm_state().
+     * Used to wake the migration incoming coroutine from rdma code. How much is
+     * it safe - it's a question.
+     */
+    Coroutine *loadvm_co;
+
     /* The coroutine we should enter (back) after failover */
-    Coroutine *migration_incoming_co;
+    Coroutine *colo_incoming_co;
     QemuSemaphore colo_incoming_sem;
 
     /*
diff --git a/migration/rdma.c b/migration/rdma.c
index 2cd8f1cc66..2e4dcff1c9 100644
--- a/migration/rdma.c
+++ b/migration/rdma.c
@@ -3342,9 +3342,8 @@ static void rdma_cm_poll_handler(void *opaque)
             }
         }
         rdma_ack_cm_event(cm_event);
-
-        if (mis->migration_incoming_co) {
-            qemu_coroutine_enter(mis->migration_incoming_co);
+        if (mis->loadvm_co) {
+            qemu_coroutine_enter(mis->loadvm_co);
         }
         return;
     }