diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 6c21231131..ae2ef8b5d4 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
+#include "hw/xen/xen.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
@@ -1754,6 +1755,12 @@ qemu_loadvm_section_start_full(QEMUFile *f, MigrationIncomingState *mis)
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
+    /* Validate if it is a device's state */
+    if (xen_enabled() && se->is_ram) {
+        error_report("loadvm: %s RAM loading not allowed on Xen", idstr);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
     /* Add entry */
     le = g_malloc0(sizeof(*le));
 
@@ -2064,6 +2071,36 @@ void qmp_xen_save_devices_state(const char *filename, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
+void qmp_xen_load_devices_state(const char *filename, Error **errp)
+{
+    QEMUFile *f;
+    QIOChannelFile *ioc;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* Guest must be paused before loading the device state; the RAM state
+     * will already have been loaded by xc
+     */
+    if (runstate_is_running()) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot update device state while vm is running");
+        return;
+    }
+    vm_stop(RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM);
+
+    ioc = qio_channel_file_new_path(filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0, errp);
+    if (!ioc) {
+        return;
+    }
+    f = qemu_fopen_channel_input(QIO_CHANNEL(ioc));
+
+    migration_incoming_state_new(f);
+    ret = qemu_loadvm_state(f);
+    qemu_fclose(f);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_IO_ERROR);
+    }
+    migration_incoming_state_destroy();
+}
+
 int load_vmstate(const char *name)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs, *bs_vm_state;
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 8483bdfcce..48c3a6f5cd 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -4200,6 +4200,20 @@
 { 'enum': 'ReplayMode',
   'data': [ 'none', 'record', 'play' ] }
 
+##
+# @xen-load-devices-state:
+#
+# Load the state of all devices from file. The RAM and the block devices
+# of the VM are not loaded by this command.
+#
+# @filename: the file to load the state of the devices from as binary
+# data. See xen-save-devices-state.txt for a description of the binary
+# format.
+#
+# Since: 2.7
+##
+{ 'command': 'xen-load-devices-state', 'data': {'filename': 'str'} }
+
 ##
 # @GICCapability:
 #
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 28801a28fb..780e7f2e87 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -584,6 +584,33 @@ Example:
      "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/save" } }
 <- { "return": {} }
 
+EQMP
+
+    {
+        .name       = "xen-load-devices-state",
+        .args_type  = "filename:F",
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_xen_load_devices_state,
+    },
+
+SQMP
+xen-load-devices-state
+----------------------
+
+Load the state of all devices from file. The RAM and the block devices
+of the VM are not loaded by this command.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "filename": the file to load the state of the devices from as binary
+data. See xen-save-devices-state.txt for a description of the binary
+format.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "xen-load-devices-state",
+     "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/resume" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
 EQMP
 
     {