diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 1ae093fb61..334309f1c6 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -323,8 +323,6 @@ struct RAMSrcPageRequest {
 
 /* State of RAM for migration */
 struct RAMState {
-    /* QEMUFile used for this migration */
-    QEMUFile *f;
     /*
      * PageSearchStatus structures for the channels when send pages.
      * Protected by the bitmap_mutex.
@@ -2532,8 +2530,6 @@ static int ram_find_and_save_block(RAMState *rs)
         }
 
         if (found) {
-            /* Cache rs->f in pss_channel (TODO: remove rs->f) */
-            pss->pss_channel = rs->f;
             pages = ram_save_host_page(rs, pss);
         }
     } while (!pages && again);
@@ -3089,7 +3085,7 @@ static void ram_state_resume_prepare(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *out)
     ram_state_reset(rs);
 
     /* Update RAMState cache of output QEMUFile */
-    rs->f = out;
+    rs->pss[RAM_CHANNEL_PRECOPY].pss_channel = out;
 
     trace_ram_state_resume_prepare(pages);
 }
@@ -3180,7 +3176,7 @@ static int ram_save_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
             return -1;
         }
     }
-    (*rsp)->f = f;
+    (*rsp)->pss[RAM_CHANNEL_PRECOPY].pss_channel = f;
 
     WITH_RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD() {
         qemu_put_be64(f, ram_bytes_total_common(true) | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_MEM_SIZE);
@@ -3315,7 +3311,7 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
 out:
     if (ret >= 0
         && migration_is_setup_or_active(migrate_get_current()->state)) {
-        ret = multifd_send_sync_main(rs->f);
+        ret = multifd_send_sync_main(rs->pss[RAM_CHANNEL_PRECOPY].pss_channel);
         if (ret < 0) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -3385,7 +3381,7 @@ static int ram_save_complete(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    ret = multifd_send_sync_main(rs->f);
+    ret = multifd_send_sync_main(rs->pss[RAM_CHANNEL_PRECOPY].pss_channel);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }