diff --git a/hw/usb/redirect.c b/hw/usb/redirect.c
index fd7df599bc..1bd30efc3e 100644
--- a/hw/usb/redirect.c
+++ b/hw/usb/redirect.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,8 @@ static void usbredir_create_parser(USBRedirDevice *dev)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (runstate_check(RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE)) {
+    if (runstate_check(RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE) ||
+        runstate_check(RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH)) {
         flags |= usbredirparser_fl_no_hello;
     }
     usbredirparser_init(dev->parser, VERSION, caps, USB_REDIR_CAPS_SIZE,