diff --git a/include/migration/misc.h b/include/migration/misc.h
index e837ab3042..0471e04d1f 100644
--- a/include/migration/misc.h
+++ b/include/migration/misc.h
@@ -29,16 +29,6 @@ void blk_mig_init(void);
 static inline void blk_mig_init(void) {}
 #endif
 
-#define SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS 5
-
-static inline
-int64_t self_announce_delay(int round)
-{
-    assert(round < SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS && round > 0);
-    /* delay 50ms, 150ms, 250ms, ... */
-    return 50 + (SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS - round - 1) * 100;
-}
-
 AnnounceParameters *migrate_announce_params(void);
 /* migration/savevm.c */
 
diff --git a/include/net/announce.h b/include/net/announce.h
index b89f1c28b5..892d302b65 100644
--- a/include/net/announce.h
+++ b/include/net/announce.h
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ void qemu_announce_timer_reset(AnnounceTimer *timer,
                                QEMUTimerCB *cb,
                                void *opaque);
 
+void qemu_announce_self(AnnounceTimer *timer, AnnounceParameters *params);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 4b5a6b77f9..89604a8328 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ extern bool machine_init_done;
 void qemu_add_machine_init_done_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 void qemu_remove_machine_init_done_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 
-void qemu_announce_self(void);
-
 extern int autostart;
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index ca9c35a5cd..c39d3054ec 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_bh(void *opaque)
      * This must happen after all error conditions are dealt with and
      * we're sure the VM is going to be running on this host.
      */
-    qemu_announce_self();
+    qemu_announce_self(&mis->announce_timer, migrate_announce_params());
 
     if (multifd_load_cleanup(&local_err) != 0) {
         error_report_err(local_err);
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index dcd05d9f87..c99154dea2 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
 #include "io/channel.h"
+#include "net/announce.h"
 
 struct PostcopyBlocktimeContext;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ struct MigrationIncomingState {
      */
     QemuEvent main_thread_load_event;
 
+    /* For network announces */
+    AnnounceTimer  announce_timer;
+
     size_t         largest_page_size;
     bool           have_fault_thread;
     QemuThread     fault_thread;
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 322660438d..b3868f7fb5 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -57,13 +57,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/replay.h"
 #include "qjson.h"
 #include "migration/colo.h"
-
-#ifndef ETH_P_RARP
-#define ETH_P_RARP 0x8035
-#endif
-#define ARP_HTYPE_ETH 0x0001
-#define ARP_PTYPE_IP 0x0800
-#define ARP_OP_REQUEST_REV 0x3
+#include "net/announce.h"
 
 const unsigned int postcopy_ram_discard_version = 0;
 
@@ -125,67 +119,6 @@ static struct mig_cmd_args {
  * generic extendable format with an exception for two old entities.
  */
 
-static int announce_self_create(uint8_t *buf,
-                                uint8_t *mac_addr)
-{
-    /* Ethernet header. */
-    memset(buf, 0xff, 6);         /* destination MAC addr */
-    memcpy(buf + 6, mac_addr, 6); /* source MAC addr */
-    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 12) = htons(ETH_P_RARP); /* ethertype */
-
-    /* RARP header. */
-    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 14) = htons(ARP_HTYPE_ETH); /* hardware addr space */
-    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 16) = htons(ARP_PTYPE_IP); /* protocol addr space */
-    *(buf + 18) = 6; /* hardware addr length (ethernet) */
-    *(buf + 19) = 4; /* protocol addr length (IPv4) */
-    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 20) = htons(ARP_OP_REQUEST_REV); /* opcode */
-    memcpy(buf + 22, mac_addr, 6); /* source hw addr */
-    memset(buf + 28, 0x00, 4);     /* source protocol addr */
-    memcpy(buf + 32, mac_addr, 6); /* target hw addr */
-    memset(buf + 38, 0x00, 4);     /* target protocol addr */
-
-    /* Padding to get up to 60 bytes (ethernet min packet size, minus FCS). */
-    memset(buf + 42, 0x00, 18);
-
-    return 60; /* len (FCS will be added by hardware) */
-}
-
-static void qemu_announce_self_iter(NICState *nic, void *opaque)
-{
-    uint8_t buf[60];
-    int len;
-
-    trace_qemu_announce_self_iter(qemu_ether_ntoa(&nic->conf->macaddr));
-    len = announce_self_create(buf, nic->conf->macaddr.a);
-
-    qemu_send_packet_raw(qemu_get_queue(nic), buf, len);
-}
-
-
-static void qemu_announce_self_once(void *opaque)
-{
-    static int count = SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS;
-    QEMUTimer *timer = *(QEMUTimer **)opaque;
-
-    qemu_foreach_nic(qemu_announce_self_iter, NULL);
-
-    if (--count) {
-        /* delay 50ms, 150ms, 250ms, ... */
-        timer_mod(timer, qemu_clock_get_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) +
-                  self_announce_delay(count));
-    } else {
-            timer_del(timer);
-            timer_free(timer);
-    }
-}
-
-void qemu_announce_self(void)
-{
-    static QEMUTimer *timer;
-    timer = timer_new_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME, qemu_announce_self_once, &timer);
-    qemu_announce_self_once(&timer);
-}
-
 /***********************************************************/
 /* savevm/loadvm support */
 
@@ -1765,13 +1698,14 @@ static void loadvm_postcopy_handle_run_bh(void *opaque)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     HandleRunBhData *data = opaque;
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
     /* TODO we should move all of this lot into postcopy_ram.c or a shared code
      * in migration.c
      */
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_init();
 
-    qemu_announce_self();
+    qemu_announce_self(&mis->announce_timer, migrate_announce_params());
 
     /* Make sure all file formats flush their mutable metadata.
      * If we get an error here, just don't restart the VM yet. */
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index bd2d0cd25a..72e3fcb885 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ vmstate_save_state_top(const char *idstr) "%s"
 vmstate_subsection_save_loop(const char *name, const char *sub) "%s/%s"
 vmstate_subsection_save_top(const char *idstr) "%s"
 vmstate_load(const char *idstr, const char *vmsd_name) "%s, %s"
-qemu_announce_self_iter(const char *mac) "%s"
 
 # migration/vmstate.c
 vmstate_load_field_error(const char *field, int ret) "field \"%s\" load failed, ret = %d"
diff --git a/net/announce.c b/net/announce.c
index 8876eb62b6..13ad9c2ba8 100644
--- a/net/announce.c
+++ b/net/announce.c
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "net/announce.h"
+#include "net/net.h"
 #include "qapi/clone-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-visit-net.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 
 int64_t qemu_announce_timer_step(AnnounceTimer *timer)
 {
@@ -58,3 +60,69 @@ void qemu_announce_timer_reset(AnnounceTimer *timer,
     timer->type = type;
     timer->tm = timer_new_ms(type, cb, opaque);
 }
+
+#ifndef ETH_P_RARP
+#define ETH_P_RARP 0x8035
+#endif
+#define ARP_HTYPE_ETH 0x0001
+#define ARP_PTYPE_IP 0x0800
+#define ARP_OP_REQUEST_REV 0x3
+
+static int announce_self_create(uint8_t *buf,
+                                uint8_t *mac_addr)
+{
+    /* Ethernet header. */
+    memset(buf, 0xff, 6);         /* destination MAC addr */
+    memcpy(buf + 6, mac_addr, 6); /* source MAC addr */
+    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 12) = htons(ETH_P_RARP); /* ethertype */
+
+    /* RARP header. */
+    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 14) = htons(ARP_HTYPE_ETH); /* hardware addr space */
+    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 16) = htons(ARP_PTYPE_IP); /* protocol addr space */
+    *(buf + 18) = 6; /* hardware addr length (ethernet) */
+    *(buf + 19) = 4; /* protocol addr length (IPv4) */
+    *(uint16_t *)(buf + 20) = htons(ARP_OP_REQUEST_REV); /* opcode */
+    memcpy(buf + 22, mac_addr, 6); /* source hw addr */
+    memset(buf + 28, 0x00, 4);     /* source protocol addr */
+    memcpy(buf + 32, mac_addr, 6); /* target hw addr */
+    memset(buf + 38, 0x00, 4);     /* target protocol addr */
+
+    /* Padding to get up to 60 bytes (ethernet min packet size, minus FCS). */
+    memset(buf + 42, 0x00, 18);
+
+    return 60; /* len (FCS will be added by hardware) */
+}
+
+static void qemu_announce_self_iter(NICState *nic, void *opaque)
+{
+    uint8_t buf[60];
+    int len;
+
+    trace_qemu_announce_self_iter(qemu_ether_ntoa(&nic->conf->macaddr));
+    len = announce_self_create(buf, nic->conf->macaddr.a);
+
+    qemu_send_packet_raw(qemu_get_queue(nic), buf, len);
+}
+static void qemu_announce_self_once(void *opaque)
+{
+    AnnounceTimer *timer = (AnnounceTimer *)opaque;
+
+    qemu_foreach_nic(qemu_announce_self_iter, NULL);
+
+    if (--timer->round) {
+        qemu_announce_timer_step(timer);
+    } else {
+        qemu_announce_timer_del(timer);
+    }
+}
+
+void qemu_announce_self(AnnounceTimer *timer, AnnounceParameters *params)
+{
+    qemu_announce_timer_reset(timer, params, QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME,
+                              qemu_announce_self_once, timer);
+    if (params->rounds) {
+        qemu_announce_self_once(timer);
+    } else {
+        qemu_announce_timer_del(timer);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/net/trace-events b/net/trace-events
index 7b594cfdd2..3417ac05b0 100644
--- a/net/trace-events
+++ b/net/trace-events
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # See docs/devel/tracing.txt for syntax documentation.
 
+# net/announce.c
+qemu_announce_self_iter(const char *mac) "%s"
+
 # net/vhost-user.c
 vhost_user_event(const char *chr, int event) "chr: %s got event: %d"