diff --git a/migration/block.c b/migration/block.c
index 87bb35ce63..41b95d1dd8 100644
--- a/migration/block.c
+++ b/migration/block.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #define MAX_IS_ALLOCATED_SEARCH (65536 * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)
 
-#define MAX_INFLIGHT_IO 512
+#define MAX_IO_BUFFERS 512
 
 //#define DEBUG_BLK_MIGRATION
 
@@ -775,9 +775,8 @@ static int block_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     while ((block_mig_state.submitted +
             block_mig_state.read_done) * BLOCK_SIZE <
            qemu_file_get_rate_limit(f) &&
-           (block_mig_state.submitted +
-            block_mig_state.read_done) <
-           MAX_INFLIGHT_IO) {
+           (block_mig_state.submitted + block_mig_state.read_done) <
+           MAX_IO_BUFFERS) {
         blk_mig_unlock();
         if (block_mig_state.bulk_completed == 0) {
             /* first finish the bulk phase */