diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index ad9cc3e7bd..152e9cf46d 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ void multifd_save_cleanup(void)
     multifd_send_state = NULL;
 }
 
-static void multifd_send_sync_main(RAMState *rs)
+static void multifd_send_sync_main(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     int i;
 
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ static void multifd_send_sync_main(RAMState *rs)
         return;
     }
     if (multifd_send_state->pages->used) {
-        if (multifd_send_pages(rs->f) < 0) {
+        if (multifd_send_pages(f) < 0) {
             error_report("%s: multifd_send_pages fail", __func__);
             return;
         }
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ static void multifd_send_sync_main(RAMState *rs)
         p->packet_num = multifd_send_state->packet_num++;
         p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC;
         p->pending_job++;
-        qemu_file_update_transfer(rs->f, p->packet_len);
+        qemu_file_update_transfer(f, p->packet_len);
         ram_counters.multifd_bytes += p->packet_len;
         ram_counters.transferred += p->packet_len;
         qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
@@ -3434,7 +3434,7 @@ static int ram_save_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     ram_control_before_iterate(f, RAM_CONTROL_SETUP);
     ram_control_after_iterate(f, RAM_CONTROL_SETUP);
 
-    multifd_send_sync_main(*rsp);
+    multifd_send_sync_main(f);
     qemu_put_be64(f, RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS);
     qemu_fflush(f);
 
@@ -3534,7 +3534,7 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
 out:
     if (ret >= 0
         && migration_is_setup_or_active(migrate_get_current()->state)) {
-        multifd_send_sync_main(rs);
+        multifd_send_sync_main(rs->f);
         qemu_put_be64(f, RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS);
         qemu_fflush(f);
         ram_counters.transferred += 8;
@@ -3593,7 +3593,7 @@ static int ram_save_complete(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     }
 
     if (ret >= 0) {
-        multifd_send_sync_main(rs);
+        multifd_send_sync_main(rs->f);
         qemu_put_be64(f, RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS);
         qemu_fflush(f);
     }