diff --git a/hw/vfio/migration.c b/hw/vfio/migration.c
index 235978fd68..8d33414379 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/migration.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/migration.c
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ static int vfio_migration_init(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
     migration->vbasedev = vbasedev;
     migration->device_state = VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_RUNNING;
     migration->data_fd = -1;
+    migration->mig_flags = mig_flags;
 
     vbasedev->dirty_pages_supported = vfio_dma_logging_supported(vbasedev);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index eed244f25f..5f29dab839 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ typedef struct VFIOMigration {
     int data_fd;
     void *data_buffer;
     size_t data_buffer_size;
+    uint64_t mig_flags;
 } VFIOMigration;
 
 typedef struct VFIOAddressSpace {