diff --git a/docs/COLO-FT.txt b/docs/COLO-FT.txt
index 8ec653f81c..2e760a4aee 100644
--- a/docs/COLO-FT.txt
+++ b/docs/COLO-FT.txt
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ children.0=childs0 \
 
 3. On Secondary VM's QEMU monitor, issue command
 {"execute":"qmp_capabilities"}
+{"execute": "migrate-set-capabilities", "arguments": {"capabilities": [ {"capability": "x-colo", "state": true } ] } }
 {"execute": "nbd-server-start", "arguments": {"addr": {"type": "inet", "data": {"host": "0.0.0.0", "port": "9999"} } } }
 {"execute": "nbd-server-add", "arguments": {"device": "parent0", "writable": true } }
 
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index bb254e4f07..439e8651df 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -398,6 +398,12 @@ int migration_incoming_enable_colo(void)
     return -ENOTSUP;
 #endif
 
+    if (!migrate_colo()) {
+        error_report("ENABLE_COLO command come in migration stream, but c-colo "
+                     "capability is not set");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
     if (ram_block_discard_disable(true)) {
         error_report("COLO: cannot disable RAM discard");
         return -EBUSY;