diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index 418aafac64..f7fb6999f7 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -509,6 +509,15 @@ int migrate_compress_wait_thread(void)
     return s->parameters.compress_wait_thread;
 }
 
+uint8_t migrate_cpu_throttle_initial(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->parameters.cpu_throttle_initial;
+}
+
 int migrate_decompress_threads(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;
diff --git a/migration/options.h b/migration/options.h
index 72b1a320b7..fd8b91d767 100644
--- a/migration/options.h
+++ b/migration/options.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ uint32_t migrate_checkpoint_delay(void);
 int migrate_compress_level(void);
 int migrate_compress_threads(void);
 int migrate_compress_wait_thread(void);
+uint8_t migrate_cpu_throttle_initial(void);
 int migrate_decompress_threads(void);
 uint8_t migrate_max_cpu_throttle(void);
 int64_t migrate_max_postcopy_bandwidth(void);
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 5c786513ef..5e855d5c22 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static void mig_throttle_guest_down(uint64_t bytes_dirty_period,
                                     uint64_t bytes_dirty_threshold)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
-    uint64_t pct_initial = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_initial;
+    uint64_t pct_initial = migrate_cpu_throttle_initial();
     uint64_t pct_increment = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_increment;
     bool pct_tailslow = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_tailslow;
     int pct_max = migrate_max_cpu_throttle();