diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index cf577fce5c..1727fe5ef6 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -2601,28 +2601,30 @@ void acct_update_position(QEMUFile *f, size_t size, bool zero)
     }
 }
 
-static uint64_t ram_bytes_total_common(bool count_ignored)
+static uint64_t ram_bytes_total_with_ignored(void)
 {
     RAMBlock *block;
     uint64_t total = 0;
 
     RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD();
 
-    if (count_ignored) {
-        RAMBLOCK_FOREACH_MIGRATABLE(block) {
-            total += block->used_length;
-        }
-    } else {
-        RAMBLOCK_FOREACH_NOT_IGNORED(block) {
-            total += block->used_length;
-        }
+    RAMBLOCK_FOREACH_MIGRATABLE(block) {
+        total += block->used_length;
     }
     return total;
 }
 
 uint64_t ram_bytes_total(void)
 {
-    return ram_bytes_total_common(false);
+    RAMBlock *block;
+    uint64_t total = 0;
+
+    RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD();
+
+    RAMBLOCK_FOREACH_NOT_IGNORED(block) {
+        total += block->used_length;
+    }
+    return total;
 }
 
 static void xbzrle_load_setup(void)
@@ -3227,7 +3229,8 @@ static int ram_save_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     (*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);
+        qemu_put_be64(f, ram_bytes_total_with_ignored()
+                         | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_MEM_SIZE);
 
         RAMBLOCK_FOREACH_MIGRATABLE(block) {
             qemu_put_byte(f, strlen(block->idstr));