diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index fc95acbde6..9dfa19abe1 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1857,13 +1857,12 @@ static void migration_completion(MigrationState *s, int current_active_state,
      * cleaning everything else up (since if there are no failures
      * it will wait for the destination to send it's status in
      * a SHUT command).
-     * Postcopy opens rp if enabled (even if it's not avtivated)
      */
-    if (migrate_postcopy_ram()) {
+    if (s->rp_state.from_dst_file) {
         int rp_error;
-        trace_migration_completion_postcopy_end_before_rp();
+        trace_migration_return_path_end_before();
         rp_error = await_return_path_close_on_source(s);
-        trace_migration_completion_postcopy_end_after_rp(rp_error);
+        trace_migration_return_path_end_after(rp_error);
         if (rp_error) {
             goto fail_invalidate;
         }
@@ -1938,13 +1937,15 @@ static void *migration_thread(void *opaque)
 
     qemu_savevm_state_header(s->to_dst_file);
 
-    if (migrate_postcopy_ram()) {
+    if (s->to_dst_file) {
         /* Now tell the dest that it should open its end so it can reply */
         qemu_savevm_send_open_return_path(s->to_dst_file);
 
         /* And do a ping that will make stuff easier to debug */
         qemu_savevm_send_ping(s->to_dst_file, 1);
+    }
 
+    if (migrate_postcopy_ram()) {
         /*
          * Tell the destination that we *might* want to do postcopy later;
          * if the other end can't do postcopy it should fail now, nice and
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index 5b8ccf301c..38345be9c3 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ migrate_send_rp_message(int msg_type, uint16_t len) "%d: len %d"
 migration_completion_file_err(void) ""
 migration_completion_postcopy_end(void) ""
 migration_completion_postcopy_end_after_complete(void) ""
-migration_completion_postcopy_end_before_rp(void) ""
-migration_completion_postcopy_end_after_rp(int rp_error) "%d"
+migration_return_path_end_before(void) ""
+migration_return_path_end_after(int rp_error) "%d"
 migration_thread_after_loop(void) ""
 migration_thread_file_err(void) ""
 migration_thread_setup_complete(void) ""