diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 8aad17c429..cc72c24c18 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -3406,6 +3406,7 @@ static int ram_save_complete(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
         /* try transferring iterative blocks of memory */
 
         /* flush all remaining blocks regardless of rate limiting */
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&rs->bitmap_mutex);
         while (true) {
             int pages;
 
@@ -3419,6 +3420,7 @@ static int ram_save_complete(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
                 break;
             }
         }
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&rs->bitmap_mutex);
 
         flush_compressed_data(rs);
         ram_control_after_iterate(f, RAM_CONTROL_FINISH);