diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index cbd6f6f235..4ca2173d85 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ static void populate_ram_info(MigrationInfo *info, MigrationState *s)
     info->ram->multifd_bytes = stat64_get(&ram_counters.multifd_bytes);
     info->ram->pages_per_second = s->pages_per_second;
     info->ram->precopy_bytes = stat64_get(&ram_counters.precopy_bytes);
-    info->ram->downtime_bytes = ram_counters.downtime_bytes;
+    info->ram->downtime_bytes = stat64_get(&ram_counters.downtime_bytes);
     info->ram->postcopy_bytes = stat64_get(&ram_counters.postcopy_bytes);
 
     if (migrate_use_xbzrle()) {
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 0b4693215e..b1722b6071 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ void ram_transferred_add(uint64_t bytes)
     } else if (migration_in_postcopy()) {
         stat64_add(&ram_counters.postcopy_bytes, bytes);
     } else {
-        ram_counters.downtime_bytes += bytes;
+        stat64_add(&ram_counters.downtime_bytes, bytes);
     }
     stat64_add(&ram_counters.transferred, bytes);
 }
diff --git a/migration/ram.h b/migration/ram.h
index a766b895fa..bb52632424 100644
--- a/migration/ram.h
+++ b/migration/ram.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int64_t dirty_pages_rate;
     int64_t dirty_sync_count;
     Stat64 dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy;
-    uint64_t downtime_bytes;
+    Stat64 downtime_bytes;
     Stat64 duplicate;
     Stat64 multifd_bytes;
     Stat64 normal;