diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index e12e19f691..d94572af05 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org> <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> <chenhc@lemote.com>
 Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
 James Hogan <jhogan@kernel.org> <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
+Juan Quintela <quintela@trasno.org> <quintela@redhat.com>
 Leif Lindholm <quic_llindhol@quicinc.com> <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
 Leif Lindholm <quic_llindhol@quicinc.com> <leif@nuviainc.com>
 Luc Michel <luc@lmichel.fr> <luc.michel@git.antfield.fr>
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 395f26ba86..00ec1f7eca 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ R: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
 R: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
 R: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
 R: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
-R: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
 W: https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/devel/index.html
 S: Odd Fixes
 F: docs/devel/style.rst
@@ -3355,10 +3354,8 @@ S: Odd Fixes
 F: scripts/checkpatch.pl
 
 Migration
-M: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
 M: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
 M: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
-R: Leonardo Bras <leobras@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: hw/core/vmstate-if.c
 F: include/hw/vmstate-if.h
@@ -3375,10 +3372,8 @@ F: util/userfaultfd.c
 X: migration/rdma*
 
 RDMA Migration
-M: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
 R: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>
 R: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
-R: Leonardo Bras <leobras@redhat.com>
 S: Odd Fixes
 F: migration/rdma*
 
diff --git a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
index ebdd2e0a69..5a8fba9bde 100644
--- a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
+++ b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static void tpm_emulator_vm_state_change(void *opaque, bool running,
 
     trace_tpm_emulator_vm_state_change(running, state);
 
-    if (!running || state != RUN_STATE_RUNNING || !tpm_emu->relock_storage) {
+    if (!running || !tpm_emu->relock_storage) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
index a8dcfe373a..870c72cb59 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ static void usb_ehci_vm_state_change(void *opaque, bool running, RunState state)
      * USB-devices which have async handled packages have a packet in the
      * ep queue to match the completion with.
      */
-    if (state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING) {
+    if (running) {
         ehci_advance_async_state(ehci);
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/usb/redirect.c b/hw/usb/redirect.c
index 636eb98e41..0f2dd2e504 100644
--- a/hw/usb/redirect.c
+++ b/hw/usb/redirect.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ static void usbredir_vm_state_change(void *priv, bool running, RunState state)
 {
     USBRedirDevice *dev = priv;
 
-    if (state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING && dev->parser != NULL) {
+    if (running && dev->parser != NULL) {
         usbredirparser_do_write(dev->parser); /* Flush any pending writes */
     }
 }
diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c b/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
index 565dc39c8f..47e6cb1db3 100644
--- a/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
+++ b/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ void xen_hvm_change_state_handler(void *opaque, bool running,
 
     xen_set_ioreq_server_state(xen_domid,
                                state->ioservid,
-                               (rstate == RUN_STATE_RUNNING));
+                               running);
 }
 
 void xen_exit_notifier(Notifier *n, void *data)
diff --git a/include/migration/snapshot.h b/include/migration/snapshot.h
index e72083b117..9e4dcaaa75 100644
--- a/include/migration/snapshot.h
+++ b/include/migration/snapshot.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #define QEMU_MIGRATION_SNAPSHOT_H
 
 #include "qapi/qapi-builtin-types.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-run-state.h"
 
 /**
  * save_snapshot: Save an internal snapshot.
@@ -61,4 +62,10 @@ bool delete_snapshot(const char *name,
                     bool has_devices, strList *devices,
                     Error **errp);
 
+/**
+ * load_snapshot_resume: Restore runstate after loading snapshot.
+ * @state: state to restore
+ */
+void load_snapshot_resume(RunState state);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/runstate.h b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
index c8c2bd8a61..0117d243c4 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/runstate.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ static inline bool shutdown_caused_by_guest(ShutdownCause cause)
     return cause >= SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_GUEST_SHUTDOWN;
 }
 
+/*
+ * In a "live" state, the vcpu clock is ticking, and the runstate notifiers
+ * think we are running.
+ */
+static inline bool runstate_is_live(RunState state)
+{
+    return state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING || state == RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED;
+}
+
 void vm_start(void);
 
 /**
@@ -48,9 +57,20 @@ void vm_start(void);
  * @step_pending: whether any of the CPUs is about to be single-stepped by gdb
  */
 int vm_prepare_start(bool step_pending);
+
+/**
+ * vm_resume: If @state is a live state, start the vm and set the state,
+ * else just set the state.
+ *
+ * @state: the state to restore
+ */
+void vm_resume(RunState state);
+
 int vm_stop(RunState state);
 int vm_stop_force_state(RunState state);
 int vm_shutdown(void);
+void vm_set_suspended(bool suspended);
+bool vm_get_suspended(void);
 
 typedef enum WakeupReason {
     /* Always keep QEMU_WAKEUP_REASON_NONE = 0 */
diff --git a/migration/channel.c b/migration/channel.c
index ca3319a309..f9de064f3b 100644
--- a/migration/channel.c
+++ b/migration/channel.c
@@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ int migration_channel_read_peek(QIOChannel *ioc,
         len = qio_channel_readv_full(ioc, &iov, 1, NULL, NULL,
                                      QIO_CHANNEL_READ_FLAG_MSG_PEEK, errp);
 
-        if (len <= 0 && len != QIO_CHANNEL_ERR_BLOCK) {
-            error_setg(errp,
-                       "Failed to peek at channel");
+        if (len < 0 && len != QIO_CHANNEL_ERR_BLOCK) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (len == 0) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Failed to peek at channel");
             return -1;
         }
 
diff --git a/migration/global_state.c b/migration/global_state.c
index 8ee15dbb06..3a9796cae2 100644
--- a/migration/global_state.c
+++ b/migration/global_state.c
@@ -22,7 +22,16 @@
 
 typedef struct {
     uint32_t size;
-    uint8_t runstate[100];
+
+    /*
+     * runstate was 100 bytes, zero padded, but we trimmed it to add a
+     * few fields and maintain backwards compatibility.
+     */
+    uint8_t runstate[32];
+    uint8_t has_vm_was_suspended;
+    uint8_t vm_was_suspended;
+    uint8_t unused[66];
+
     RunState state;
     bool received;
 } GlobalState;
@@ -35,6 +44,10 @@ static void global_state_do_store(RunState state)
     assert(strlen(state_str) < sizeof(global_state.runstate));
     strpadcpy((char *)global_state.runstate, sizeof(global_state.runstate),
               state_str, '\0');
+    global_state.has_vm_was_suspended = true;
+    global_state.vm_was_suspended = vm_get_suspended();
+
+    memset(global_state.unused, 0, sizeof(global_state.unused));
 }
 
 void global_state_store(void)
@@ -59,24 +72,7 @@ RunState global_state_get_runstate(void)
 
 static bool global_state_needed(void *opaque)
 {
-    GlobalState *s = opaque;
-    char *runstate = (char *)s->runstate;
-
-    /* If it is not optional, it is mandatory */
-
-    if (migrate_get_current()->store_global_state) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /* If state is running or paused, it is not needed */
-
-    if (strcmp(runstate, "running") == 0 ||
-        strcmp(runstate, "paused") == 0) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* for any other state it is needed */
-    return true;
+    return migrate_get_current()->store_global_state;
 }
 
 static int global_state_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
@@ -93,7 +89,7 @@ static int global_state_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
                 sizeof(s->runstate)) == sizeof(s->runstate)) {
         /*
          * This condition should never happen during migration, because
-         * all runstate names are shorter than 100 bytes (the size of
+         * all runstate names are shorter than 32 bytes (the size of
          * s->runstate). However, a malicious stream could overflow
          * the qapi_enum_parse() call, so we force the last character
          * to a NUL byte.
@@ -110,6 +106,14 @@ static int global_state_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
     }
     s->state = r;
 
+    /*
+     * global_state is saved on the outgoing side before forcing a stopped
+     * state, so it may have saved state=suspended and vm_was_suspended=0.
+     * Now we are in a paused state, and when we later call vm_start, it must
+     * restore the suspended state, so we must set vm_was_suspended=1 here.
+     */
+    vm_set_suspended(s->vm_was_suspended || r == RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -134,6 +138,9 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_globalstate = {
     .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(size, GlobalState),
         VMSTATE_BUFFER(runstate, GlobalState),
+        VMSTATE_UINT8(has_vm_was_suspended, GlobalState),
+        VMSTATE_UINT8(vm_was_suspended, GlobalState),
+        VMSTATE_BUFFER(unused, GlobalState),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
 };
diff --git a/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c b/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c
index 99710c8ffb..740a219aa4 100644
--- a/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -399,15 +399,17 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
 void hmp_loadvm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
-    int saved_vm_running  = runstate_is_running();
+    RunState saved_state = runstate_get();
+
     const char *name = qdict_get_str(qdict, "name");
     Error *err = NULL;
 
     vm_stop(RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM);
 
-    if (load_snapshot(name, NULL, false, NULL, &err) && saved_vm_running) {
-        vm_start();
+    if (load_snapshot(name, NULL, false, NULL, &err)) {
+        load_snapshot_resume(saved_state);
     }
+
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
 }
 
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 3ce04b2aaf..454cd4ec1f 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_bh(void *opaque)
      */
     if (!migrate_late_block_activate() ||
          (autostart && (!global_state_received() ||
-            global_state_get_runstate() == RUN_STATE_RUNNING))) {
+            runstate_is_live(global_state_get_runstate())))) {
         /* Make sure all file formats throw away their mutable metadata.
          * If we get an error here, just don't restart the VM yet. */
         bdrv_activate_all(&local_err);
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_bh(void *opaque)
     dirty_bitmap_mig_before_vm_start();
 
     if (!global_state_received() ||
-        global_state_get_runstate() == RUN_STATE_RUNNING) {
+        runstate_is_live(global_state_get_runstate())) {
         if (autostart) {
             vm_start();
         } else {
@@ -724,11 +724,8 @@ fail:
 /**
  * migration_incoming_setup: Setup incoming migration
  * @f: file for main migration channel
- * @errp: where to put errors
- *
- * Returns: %true on success, %false on error.
  */
-static bool migration_incoming_setup(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
+static void migration_incoming_setup(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
@@ -736,7 +733,6 @@ static bool migration_incoming_setup(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
         mis->from_src_file = f;
     }
     qemu_file_set_blocking(f, false);
-    return true;
 }
 
 void migration_incoming_process(void)
@@ -778,11 +774,9 @@ static bool postcopy_try_recover(void)
     return false;
 }
 
-void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
+void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f)
 {
-    if (!migration_incoming_setup(f, errp)) {
-        return;
-    }
+    migration_incoming_setup(f);
     if (postcopy_try_recover()) {
         return;
     }
@@ -836,10 +830,9 @@ void migration_ioc_process_incoming(QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp)
          * issue is not possible.
          */
         ret = migration_channel_read_peek(ioc, (void *)&channel_magic,
-                                          sizeof(channel_magic), &local_err);
+                                          sizeof(channel_magic), errp);
 
         if (ret != 0) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -849,16 +842,12 @@ void migration_ioc_process_incoming(QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (multifd_load_setup(errp) != 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed to setup multifd channels");
         return;
     }
 
     if (default_channel) {
         f = qemu_file_new_input(ioc);
-
-        if (!migration_incoming_setup(f, errp)) {
-            return;
-        }
+        migration_incoming_setup(f);
     } else {
         /* Multiple connections */
         assert(migration_needs_multiple_sockets());
@@ -1588,7 +1577,6 @@ int migrate_init(MigrationState *s, Error **errp)
     s->migration_thread_running = false;
     error_free(s->error);
     s->error = NULL;
-    s->hostname = NULL;
     s->vmdesc = NULL;
 
     migrate_set_state(&s->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_NONE, MIGRATION_STATUS_SETUP);
@@ -1836,8 +1824,6 @@ bool migration_is_blocked(Error **errp)
 static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool blk, bool blk_inc,
                             bool resume, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-
     if (blk_inc) {
         warn_report("parameter 'inc' is deprecated;"
                     " use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead");
@@ -1907,8 +1893,7 @@ static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool blk, bool blk_inc,
                        "current migration capabilities");
             return false;
         }
-        if (!migrate_cap_set(MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK, true, &local_err)) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        if (!migrate_cap_set(MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK, true, errp)) {
             return false;
         }
         s->must_remove_block_options = true;
@@ -2416,7 +2401,6 @@ static int postcopy_start(MigrationState *ms, Error **errp)
 
     migration_downtime_start(ms);
 
-    qemu_system_wakeup_request(QEMU_WAKEUP_REASON_OTHER, NULL);
     global_state_store();
     ret = migration_stop_vm(RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE);
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -2615,7 +2599,6 @@ static int migration_completion_precopy(MigrationState *s,
 
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
     migration_downtime_start(s);
-    qemu_system_wakeup_request(QEMU_WAKEUP_REASON_OTHER, NULL);
 
     s->vm_old_state = runstate_get();
     global_state_store();
@@ -3136,7 +3119,7 @@ static void migration_iteration_finish(MigrationState *s)
     case MIGRATION_STATUS_FAILED:
     case MIGRATION_STATUS_CANCELLED:
     case MIGRATION_STATUS_CANCELLING:
-        if (s->vm_old_state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING) {
+        if (runstate_is_live(s->vm_old_state)) {
             if (!runstate_check(RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN)) {
                 vm_start();
             }
@@ -3392,7 +3375,7 @@ static void bg_migration_vm_start_bh(void *opaque)
     qemu_bh_delete(s->vm_start_bh);
     s->vm_start_bh = NULL;
 
-    vm_start();
+    vm_resume(s->vm_old_state);
     migration_downtime_end(s);
 }
 
@@ -3464,11 +3447,6 @@ static void *bg_migration_thread(void *opaque)
 
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
 
-    /*
-     * If VM is currently in suspended state, then, to make a valid runstate
-     * transition in vm_stop_force_state() we need to wakeup it up.
-     */
-    qemu_system_wakeup_request(QEMU_WAKEUP_REASON_OTHER, NULL);
     s->vm_old_state = runstate_get();
 
     global_state_store();
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index cf2c9c88e0..17972dac34 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -474,14 +474,12 @@ struct MigrationState {
 
 void migrate_set_state(int *state, int old_state, int new_state);
 
-void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp);
+void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f);
 void migration_ioc_process_incoming(QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp);
 void migration_incoming_process(void);
 
 bool  migration_has_all_channels(void);
 
-uint64_t migrate_max_downtime(void);
-
 void migrate_set_error(MigrationState *s, const Error *error);
 bool migrate_has_error(MigrationState *s);
 
diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index 409460684f..9f353aecfa 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ static int multifd_recv_initial_packet(QIOChannel *c, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (msg.id > migrate_multifd_channels()) {
-        error_setg(errp, "multifd: received channel version %u "
-                   "expected %u", msg.version, MULTIFD_VERSION);
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd: received channel id %u is greater than "
+                   "number of channels %u", msg.id, migrate_multifd_channels());
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ static void multifd_tls_outgoing_handshake(QIOTask *task,
 
     trace_multifd_tls_outgoing_handshake_error(ioc, error_get_pretty(err));
 
+    migrate_set_error(migrate_get_current(), err);
     /*
      * Error happen, mark multifd_send_thread status as 'quit' although it
      * is not created, and then tell who pay attention to me.
@@ -794,6 +795,7 @@ static void multifd_tls_outgoing_handshake(QIOTask *task,
     p->quit = true;
     qemu_sem_post(&multifd_send_state->channels_ready);
     qemu_sem_post(&p->sem_sync);
+    error_free(err);
 }
 
 static void *multifd_tls_handshake_thread(void *opaque)
@@ -847,14 +849,13 @@ static bool multifd_channel_connect(MultiFDSendParams *p,
          * so we mustn't call multifd_send_thread until then
          */
         return multifd_tls_channel_connect(p, ioc, errp);
-
-    } else {
-        migration_ioc_register_yank(ioc);
-        p->registered_yank = true;
-        p->c = ioc;
-        qemu_thread_create(&p->thread, p->name, multifd_send_thread, p,
-                           QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
     }
+
+    migration_ioc_register_yank(ioc);
+    p->registered_yank = true;
+    p->c = ioc;
+    qemu_thread_create(&p->thread, p->name, multifd_send_thread, p,
+                       QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -950,12 +951,10 @@ int multifd_save_setup(Error **errp)
 
     for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
         MultiFDSendParams *p = &multifd_send_state->params[i];
-        Error *local_err = NULL;
         int ret;
 
-        ret = multifd_send_state->ops->send_setup(p, &local_err);
+        ret = multifd_send_state->ops->send_setup(p, errp);
         if (ret) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             return ret;
         }
     }
@@ -1194,12 +1193,10 @@ int multifd_load_setup(Error **errp)
 
     for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
         MultiFDRecvParams *p = &multifd_recv_state->params[i];
-        Error *local_err = NULL;
         int ret;
 
-        ret = multifd_recv_state->ops->recv_setup(p, &local_err);
+        ret = multifd_recv_state->ops->recv_setup(p, errp);
         if (ret) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             return ret;
         }
     }
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index 8d8ec73ad9..3e3e0b93b4 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -833,8 +833,10 @@ uint64_t migrate_max_postcopy_bandwidth(void)
 MigMode migrate_mode(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
+    MigMode mode = s->parameters.mode;
 
-    return s->parameters.mode;
+    assert(mode >= 0 && mode < MIG_MODE__MAX);
+    return mode;
 }
 
 int migrate_multifd_channels(void)
diff --git a/migration/rdma.c b/migration/rdma.c
index 04debab5d9..94c0f871f0 100644
--- a/migration/rdma.c
+++ b/migration/rdma.c
@@ -4035,7 +4035,6 @@ static void rdma_accept_incoming_migration(void *opaque)
 {
     RDMAContext *rdma = opaque;
     QEMUFile *f;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     trace_qemu_rdma_accept_incoming_migration();
     if (qemu_rdma_accept(rdma) < 0) {
@@ -4057,10 +4056,7 @@ static void rdma_accept_incoming_migration(void *opaque)
     }
 
     rdma->migration_started_on_destination = 1;
-    migration_fd_process_incoming(f, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_reportf_err(local_err, "RDMA ERROR:");
-    }
+    migration_fd_process_incoming(f);
 }
 
 void rdma_start_incoming_migration(InetSocketAddress *host_port,
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index c8d08fa079..6410705ebe 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -3046,7 +3046,7 @@ bool save_snapshot(const char *name, bool overwrite, const char *vmstate,
     QEMUSnapshotInfo sn1, *sn = &sn1;
     int ret = -1, ret2;
     QEMUFile *f;
-    int saved_vm_running;
+    RunState saved_state = runstate_get();
     uint64_t vm_state_size;
     g_autoptr(GDateTime) now = g_date_time_new_now_local();
 
@@ -3092,8 +3092,6 @@ bool save_snapshot(const char *name, bool overwrite, const char *vmstate,
         return false;
     }
 
-    saved_vm_running = runstate_is_running();
-
     global_state_store();
     vm_stop(RUN_STATE_SAVE_VM);
 
@@ -3147,9 +3145,7 @@ bool save_snapshot(const char *name, bool overwrite, const char *vmstate,
  the_end:
     bdrv_drain_all_end();
 
-    if (saved_vm_running) {
-        vm_start();
-    }
+    vm_resume(saved_state);
     return ret == 0;
 }
 
@@ -3317,6 +3313,14 @@ err_drain:
     return false;
 }
 
+void load_snapshot_resume(RunState state)
+{
+    vm_resume(state);
+    if (state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING && runstate_get() == RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED) {
+        qemu_system_wakeup_request(QEMU_WAKEUP_REASON_OTHER, &error_abort);
+    }
+}
+
 bool delete_snapshot(const char *name, bool has_devices,
                      strList *devices, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -3381,16 +3385,15 @@ static void snapshot_load_job_bh(void *opaque)
 {
     Job *job = opaque;
     SnapshotJob *s = container_of(job, SnapshotJob, common);
-    int orig_vm_running;
+    RunState orig_state = runstate_get();
 
     job_progress_set_remaining(&s->common, 1);
 
-    orig_vm_running = runstate_is_running();
     vm_stop(RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM);
 
     s->ret = load_snapshot(s->tag, s->vmstate, true, s->devices, s->errp);
-    if (s->ret && orig_vm_running) {
-        vm_start();
+    if (s->ret) {
+        load_snapshot_resume(orig_state);
     }
 
     job_progress_update(&s->common, 1);
diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
index cda2effa81..3622d98d01 100644
--- a/qapi/misc.json
+++ b/qapi/misc.json
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 ##
 # @stop:
 #
-# Stop all guest VCPU execution.
+# Stop guest VM execution.
 #
 # Since: 0.14
 #
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
 #     the guest remains paused once migration finishes, as if the -S
 #     option was passed on the command line.
 #
+#     In the "suspended" state, it will completely stop the VM and
+#     cause a transition to the "paused" state. (Since 9.0)
+#
 # Example:
 #
 # -> { "execute": "stop" }
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@
 ##
 # @cont:
 #
-# Resume guest VCPU execution.
+# Resume guest VM execution.
 #
 # Since: 0.14
 #
@@ -165,6 +168,10 @@
 #     guest starts once migration finishes, removing the effect of the
 #     -S command line option if it was passed.
 #
+#     If the VM was previously suspended, and not been reset or woken,
+#     this command will transition back to the "suspended" state.
+#     (Since 9.0)
+#
 # Example:
 #
 # -> { "execute": "cont" }
diff --git a/qapi/run-state.json b/qapi/run-state.json
index f216ba54ec..ca05502e0a 100644
--- a/qapi/run-state.json
+++ b/qapi/run-state.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 ##
 # @StatusInfo:
 #
-# Information about VCPU run state
+# Information about VM run state
 #
 # @running: true if all VCPUs are runnable, false if not runnable
 #
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@
 ##
 # @query-status:
 #
-# Query the run status of all VCPUs
+# Query the run status of the VM
 #
-# Returns: @StatusInfo reflecting all VCPUs
+# Returns: @StatusInfo reflecting the VM
 #
 # Since: 0.14
 #
diff --git a/system/cpus.c b/system/cpus.c
index a444a747f0..7d2c28b1d1 100644
--- a/system/cpus.c
+++ b/system/cpus.c
@@ -259,14 +259,33 @@ void cpu_interrupt(CPUState *cpu, int mask)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * True if the vm was previously suspended, and has not been woken or reset.
+ */
+static int vm_was_suspended;
+
+void vm_set_suspended(bool suspended)
+{
+    vm_was_suspended = suspended;
+}
+
+bool vm_get_suspended(void)
+{
+    return vm_was_suspended;
+}
+
 static int do_vm_stop(RunState state, bool send_stop)
 {
     int ret = 0;
+    RunState oldstate = runstate_get();
 
-    if (runstate_is_running()) {
+    if (runstate_is_live(oldstate)) {
+        vm_was_suspended = (oldstate == RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED);
         runstate_set(state);
         cpu_disable_ticks();
-        pause_all_vcpus();
+        if (oldstate == RUN_STATE_RUNNING) {
+            pause_all_vcpus();
+        }
         vm_state_notify(0, state);
         if (send_stop) {
             qapi_event_send_stop();
@@ -679,11 +698,13 @@ int vm_stop(RunState state)
 
 /**
  * Prepare for (re)starting the VM.
- * Returns -1 if the vCPUs are not to be restarted (e.g. if they are already
- * running or in case of an error condition), 0 otherwise.
+ * Returns 0 if the vCPUs should be restarted, -1 on an error condition,
+ * and 1 otherwise.
  */
 int vm_prepare_start(bool step_pending)
 {
+    int ret = vm_was_suspended ? 1 : 0;
+    RunState state = vm_was_suspended ? RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED : RUN_STATE_RUNNING;
     RunState requested;
 
     qemu_vmstop_requested(&requested);
@@ -714,9 +735,10 @@ int vm_prepare_start(bool step_pending)
     qapi_event_send_resume();
 
     cpu_enable_ticks();
-    runstate_set(RUN_STATE_RUNNING);
-    vm_state_notify(1, RUN_STATE_RUNNING);
-    return 0;
+    runstate_set(state);
+    vm_state_notify(1, state);
+    vm_was_suspended = false;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 void vm_start(void)
@@ -726,11 +748,20 @@ void vm_start(void)
     }
 }
 
+void vm_resume(RunState state)
+{
+    if (runstate_is_live(state)) {
+        vm_start();
+    } else {
+        runstate_set(state);
+    }
+}
+
 /* does a state transition even if the VM is already stopped,
    current state is forgotten forever */
 int vm_stop_force_state(RunState state)
 {
-    if (runstate_is_running()) {
+    if (runstate_is_live(runstate_get())) {
         return vm_stop(state);
     } else {
         int ret;
diff --git a/system/runstate.c b/system/runstate.c
index ea9d6c2a32..621a023120 100644
--- a/system/runstate.c
+++ b/system/runstate.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
     { RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH, RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE },
+    { RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH, RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED },
 
     { RUN_STATE_DEBUG, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
     { RUN_STATE_DEBUG, RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE },
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
     { RUN_STATE_PAUSED, RUN_STATE_POSTMIGRATE },
     { RUN_STATE_PAUSED, RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH },
     { RUN_STATE_PAUSED, RUN_STATE_COLO},
+    { RUN_STATE_PAUSED, RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED},
 
     { RUN_STATE_POSTMIGRATE, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
     { RUN_STATE_POSTMIGRATE, RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE },
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
 
     { RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
     { RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM, RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH },
+    { RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM, RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED },
 
     { RUN_STATE_COLO, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
     { RUN_STATE_COLO, RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH },
@@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
     { RUN_STATE_RUNNING, RUN_STATE_COLO},
 
     { RUN_STATE_SAVE_VM, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
+    { RUN_STATE_SAVE_VM, RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED },
 
     { RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN, RUN_STATE_PAUSED },
     { RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN, RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE },
@@ -161,6 +165,10 @@ static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
     { RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED, RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE },
     { RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED, RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH },
     { RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED, RUN_STATE_COLO},
+    { RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED, RUN_STATE_PAUSED},
+    { RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED, RUN_STATE_SAVE_VM },
+    { RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED, RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM },
+    { RUN_STATE_SUSPENDED, RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN },
 
     { RUN_STATE_WATCHDOG, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
     { RUN_STATE_WATCHDOG, RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE },
@@ -502,6 +510,7 @@ void qemu_system_reset(ShutdownCause reason)
         qapi_event_send_reset(shutdown_caused_by_guest(reason), reason);
     }
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset();
+    vm_set_suspended(false);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c
index 6b87bfa32c..1eec5f627f 100644
--- a/system/vl.c
+++ b/system/vl.c
@@ -2710,7 +2710,9 @@ void qmp_x_exit_preconfig(Error **errp)
     qemu_machine_creation_done();
 
     if (loadvm) {
+        RunState state = autostart ? RUN_STATE_RUNNING : runstate_get();
         load_snapshot(loadvm, NULL, false, NULL, &error_fatal);
+        load_snapshot_resume(state);
     }
     if (replay_mode != REPLAY_MODE_NONE) {
         replay_vmstate_init();
diff --git a/tests/migration/i386/Makefile b/tests/migration/i386/Makefile
index 5c0324134a..37a72ae353 100644
--- a/tests/migration/i386/Makefile
+++ b/tests/migration/i386/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 .PHONY: all clean
 all: a-b-bootblock.h
 
-a-b-bootblock.h: x86.bootsect
+a-b-bootblock.h: x86.bootsect x86.o
 	echo "$$__note" > header.tmp
 	xxd -i $< | sed -e 's/.*int.*//' >> header.tmp
+	nm x86.o | awk '{print "#define SYM_"$$3" 0x"$$1}' >> header.tmp
 	mv header.tmp $@
 
 x86.bootsect: x86.boot
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ x86.boot: x86.o
 	$(CROSS_PREFIX)objcopy -O binary $< $@
 
 x86.o: a-b-bootblock.S
-	$(CROSS_PREFIX)gcc -m32 -march=i486 -c $< -o $@
+	$(CROSS_PREFIX)gcc -I.. -m32 -march=i486 -c $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	@rm -rf *.boot *.o *.bootsect
diff --git a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S
index 6bb9999d60..6f39eb6051 100644
--- a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S
+++ b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@
 #
 # Author: dgilbert@redhat.com
 
+#include "migration-test.h"
+
+#define ACPI_ENABLE         0xf1
+#define ACPI_PORT_SMI_CMD   0xb2
+#define ACPI_PM_BASE        0x600
+#define PM1A_CNT_OFFSET     4
+
+#define ACPI_SCI_ENABLE     0x0001
+#define ACPI_SLEEP_TYPE     0x0400
+#define ACPI_SLEEP_ENABLE   0x2000
+#define SLEEP (ACPI_SCI_ENABLE + ACPI_SLEEP_TYPE + ACPI_SLEEP_ENABLE)
+
+#define LOW_ADDR            X86_TEST_MEM_START
+#define HIGH_ADDR           X86_TEST_MEM_END
+
+/* Save the suspended status at an address that is not written in the loop. */
+#define suspended           (X86_TEST_MEM_START + 4)
 
 .code16
 .org 0x7c00
@@ -35,8 +52,8 @@ start:             # at 0x7c00 ?
         mov %eax,%ds
 
 # Start from 1MB
-.set TEST_MEM_START, (1024*1024)
-.set TEST_MEM_END, (100*1024*1024)
+.set TEST_MEM_START, X86_TEST_MEM_START
+.set TEST_MEM_END, X86_TEST_MEM_END
 
         mov $65,%ax
         mov $0x3f8,%dx
@@ -69,7 +86,30 @@ innerloop:
         mov $0x3f8,%dx
         outb %al,%dx
 
-        jmp mainloop
+        # should this test suspend?
+        mov (suspend_me),%eax
+        cmp $0,%eax
+        je mainloop
+
+        # are we waking after suspend?  do not suspend again.
+        mov $suspended,%eax
+        mov (%eax),%eax
+        cmp $1,%eax
+        je mainloop
+
+        # enable acpi
+        mov $ACPI_ENABLE,%al
+        outb %al,$ACPI_PORT_SMI_CMD
+
+        # suspend to ram
+        mov $suspended,%eax
+        movl $1,(%eax)
+        mov $SLEEP,%ax
+        mov $(ACPI_PM_BASE + PM1A_CNT_OFFSET),%dx
+        outw %ax,%dx
+        # not reached.  The wakeup causes reset and restart at 0x7c00, and we
+        # do not save and restore registers as a real kernel would do.
+
 
         # GDT magic from old (GPLv2)  Grub startup.S
         .p2align        2       /* force 4-byte alignment */
@@ -95,6 +135,10 @@ gdtdesc:
         .word   0x27                    /* limit */
         .long   gdt                     /* addr */
 
+        /* test launcher can poke a 1 here to exercise suspend */
+suspend_me:
+        .int  0
+
 /* I'm a bootable disk */
 .org 0x7dfe
         .byte 0x55
diff --git a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h
index 5b523917ce..c83f8711db 100644
--- a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h
+++ b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * the header and the assembler differences in your patch submission.
  */
 unsigned char x86_bootsect[] = {
-  0xfa, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x16, 0x8c, 0x7c, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0xfa, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x16, 0xb8, 0x7c, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x0f, 0x22, 0xc0, 0x66, 0xea, 0x20, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xe4, 0x92, 0x0c, 0x02,
   0xe6, 0x92, 0xb8, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x8e, 0xd8, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x41,
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ unsigned char x86_bootsect[] = {
   0x40, 0x06, 0x7c, 0xf1, 0xb8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x05,
   0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x06, 0x7c, 0xf2, 0xfe,
   0xc3, 0x80, 0xe3, 0x3f, 0x75, 0xe6, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x42, 0x00, 0x66, 0xba,
-  0xf8, 0x03, 0xee, 0xeb, 0xdb, 0x8d, 0x76, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00,
-  0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00, 0x27, 0x00, 0x74, 0x7c,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0xf8, 0x03, 0xee, 0xa1, 0xbe, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x83, 0xf8, 0x00, 0x74,
+  0xd3, 0xb8, 0x04, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x8b, 0x00, 0x83, 0xf8, 0x01, 0x74,
+  0xc7, 0xb0, 0xf1, 0xe6, 0xb2, 0xb8, 0x04, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0xc7, 0x00,
+  0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x01, 0x24, 0x66, 0xba, 0x04, 0x06,
+  0x66, 0xef, 0x66, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00, 0x27, 0x00, 0xa0, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
@@ -49,3 +49,13 @@ unsigned char x86_bootsect[] = {
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x55, 0xaa
 };
 
+#define SYM_do_zero 0x00007c3d
+#define SYM_gdt 0x00007ca0
+#define SYM_gdtdesc 0x00007cb8
+#define SYM_innerloop 0x00007c51
+#define SYM_mainloop 0x00007c4c
+#define SYM_pre_zero 0x00007c38
+#define SYM_start 0x00007c00
+#define SYM_suspend_me 0x00007cbe
+#define SYM_TEST_MEM_END 0x06400000
+#define SYM_TEST_MEM_START 0x00100000
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
index 24fb7b3525..37e8e812c5 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
@@ -24,26 +24,19 @@
  */
 #define MIGRATION_STATUS_WAIT_TIMEOUT 120
 
-bool migrate_watch_for_stop(QTestState *who, const char *name,
-                            QDict *event, void *opaque)
-{
-    bool *seen = opaque;
-
-    if (g_str_equal(name, "STOP")) {
-        *seen = true;
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool migrate_watch_for_resume(QTestState *who, const char *name,
+bool migrate_watch_for_events(QTestState *who, const char *name,
                               QDict *event, void *opaque)
 {
-    bool *seen = opaque;
+    QTestMigrationState *state = opaque;
 
-    if (g_str_equal(name, "RESUME")) {
-        *seen = true;
+    if (g_str_equal(name, "STOP")) {
+        state->stop_seen = true;
+        return true;
+    } else if (g_str_equal(name, "SUSPEND")) {
+        state->suspend_seen = true;
+        return true;
+    } else if (g_str_equal(name, "RESUME")) {
+        state->resume_seen = true;
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h
index e31dc85cc7..b478549096 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@
 
 #include "libqtest.h"
 
-bool migrate_watch_for_stop(QTestState *who, const char *name,
-                            QDict *event, void *opaque);
-bool migrate_watch_for_resume(QTestState *who, const char *name,
+typedef struct QTestMigrationState {
+    bool stop_seen;
+    bool resume_seen;
+    bool suspend_seen;
+    bool suspend_me;
+} QTestMigrationState;
+
+bool migrate_watch_for_events(QTestState *who, const char *name,
                               QDict *event, void *opaque);
 
 G_GNUC_PRINTF(3, 4)
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
index d520c587f7..136e5df06c 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 unsigned start_address;
 unsigned end_address;
 static bool uffd_feature_thread_id;
-static bool got_src_stop;
-static bool got_dst_resume;
+static QTestMigrationState src_state;
+static QTestMigrationState dst_state;
 
 /*
  * An initial 3 MB offset is used as that corresponds
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static char *bootpath;
 #include "tests/migration/aarch64/a-b-kernel.h"
 #include "tests/migration/s390x/a-b-bios.h"
 
-static void bootfile_create(char *dir)
+static void bootfile_create(char *dir, bool suspend_me)
 {
     const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     unsigned char *content;
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static void bootfile_create(char *dir)
     if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
         /* the assembled x86 boot sector should be exactly one sector large */
         g_assert(sizeof(x86_bootsect) == 512);
+        x86_bootsect[SYM_suspend_me - SYM_start] = suspend_me;
         content = x86_bootsect;
         len = sizeof(x86_bootsect);
     } else if (g_str_equal(arch, "s390x")) {
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ static void bootfile_delete(void)
 /*
  * Wait for some output in the serial output file,
  * we get an 'A' followed by an endless string of 'B's
- * but on the destination we won't have the A.
+ * but on the destination we won't have the A (unless we enabled suspend/resume)
  */
 static void wait_for_serial(const char *side)
 {
@@ -230,6 +231,27 @@ static void wait_for_serial(const char *side)
     } while (true);
 }
 
+static void wait_for_stop(QTestState *who, QTestMigrationState *state)
+{
+    if (!state->stop_seen) {
+        qtest_qmp_eventwait(who, "STOP");
+    }
+}
+
+static void wait_for_resume(QTestState *who, QTestMigrationState *state)
+{
+    if (!state->resume_seen) {
+        qtest_qmp_eventwait(who, "RESUME");
+    }
+}
+
+static void wait_for_suspend(QTestState *who, QTestMigrationState *state)
+{
+    if (state->suspend_me && !state->suspend_seen) {
+        qtest_qmp_eventwait(who, "SUSPEND");
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * It's tricky to use qemu's migration event capability with qtest,
  * events suddenly appearing confuse the qmp()/hmp() responses.
@@ -277,21 +299,19 @@ static void read_blocktime(QTestState *who)
     qobject_unref(rsp_return);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wait for two changes in the migration pass count, but bail if we stop.
+ */
 static void wait_for_migration_pass(QTestState *who)
 {
-    uint64_t initial_pass = get_migration_pass(who);
-    uint64_t pass;
+    uint64_t pass, prev_pass = 0, changes = 0;
 
-    /* Wait for the 1st sync */
-    while (!got_src_stop && !initial_pass) {
-        usleep(1000);
-        initial_pass = get_migration_pass(who);
-    }
-
-    do {
+    while (changes < 2 && !src_state.stop_seen && !src_state.suspend_seen) {
         usleep(1000);
         pass = get_migration_pass(who);
-    } while (pass == initial_pass && !got_src_stop);
+        changes += (pass != prev_pass);
+        prev_pass = pass;
+    }
 }
 
 static void check_guests_ram(QTestState *who)
@@ -571,6 +591,12 @@ static void migrate_wait_for_dirty_mem(QTestState *from,
         usleep(1000 * 10);
     } while (qtest_readq(to, marker_address) != MAGIC_MARKER);
 
+
+    /* If suspended, src only iterates once, and watch_byte may never change */
+    if (src_state.suspend_me) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Now ensure that already transferred bytes are
      * dirty again from the guest workload. Note the
@@ -617,10 +643,7 @@ static void migrate_postcopy_start(QTestState *from, QTestState *to)
 {
     qtest_qmp_assert_success(from, "{ 'execute': 'migrate-start-postcopy' }");
 
-    if (!got_src_stop) {
-        qtest_qmp_eventwait(from, "STOP");
-    }
-
+    wait_for_stop(from, &src_state);
     qtest_qmp_eventwait(to, "RESUME");
 }
 
@@ -637,6 +660,8 @@ typedef struct {
     bool use_dirty_ring;
     const char *opts_source;
     const char *opts_target;
+    /* suspend the src before migrating to dest. */
+    bool suspend_me;
 } MigrateStart;
 
 /*
@@ -756,8 +781,11 @@ static int test_migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to,
         }
     }
 
-    got_src_stop = false;
-    got_dst_resume = false;
+    dst_state = (QTestMigrationState) { };
+    src_state = (QTestMigrationState) { };
+    bootfile_create(tmpfs, args->suspend_me);
+    src_state.suspend_me = args->suspend_me;
+
     if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
         memory_size = "150M";
 
@@ -848,8 +876,8 @@ static int test_migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to,
     if (!args->only_target) {
         *from = qtest_init_with_env(QEMU_ENV_SRC, cmd_source);
         qtest_qmp_set_event_callback(*from,
-                                     migrate_watch_for_stop,
-                                     &got_src_stop);
+                                     migrate_watch_for_events,
+                                     &src_state);
     }
 
     cmd_target = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm%s -accel tcg "
@@ -869,8 +897,8 @@ static int test_migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to,
                                  ignore_stderr);
     *to = qtest_init_with_env(QEMU_ENV_DST, cmd_target);
     qtest_qmp_set_event_callback(*to,
-                                 migrate_watch_for_resume,
-                                 &got_dst_resume);
+                                 migrate_watch_for_events,
+                                 &dst_state);
 
     /*
      * Remove shmem file immediately to avoid memory leak in test failed case.
@@ -1319,6 +1347,7 @@ static int migrate_postcopy_prepare(QTestState **from_ptr,
 
     /* Wait for the first serial output from the source */
     wait_for_serial("src_serial");
+    wait_for_suspend(from, &src_state);
 
     g_autofree char *uri = migrate_get_socket_address(to, "socket-address");
     migrate_qmp(from, uri, "{}");
@@ -1336,6 +1365,11 @@ static void migrate_postcopy_complete(QTestState *from, QTestState *to,
 {
     wait_for_migration_complete(from);
 
+    if (args->start.suspend_me) {
+        /* wakeup succeeds only if guest is suspended */
+        qtest_qmp_assert_success(to, "{'execute': 'system_wakeup'}");
+    }
+
     /* Make sure we get at least one "B" on destination */
     wait_for_serial("dest_serial");
 
@@ -1369,6 +1403,15 @@ static void test_postcopy(void)
     test_postcopy_common(&args);
 }
 
+static void test_postcopy_suspend(void)
+{
+    MigrateCommon args = {
+        .start.suspend_me = true,
+    };
+
+    test_postcopy_common(&args);
+}
+
 static void test_postcopy_compress(void)
 {
     MigrateCommon args = {
@@ -1703,6 +1746,7 @@ static void test_precopy_common(MigrateCommon *args)
     /* Wait for the first serial output from the source */
     if (args->result == MIG_TEST_SUCCEED) {
         wait_for_serial("src_serial");
+        wait_for_suspend(from, &src_state);
     }
 
     if (args->live) {
@@ -1717,9 +1761,7 @@ static void test_precopy_common(MigrateCommon *args)
          */
         if (args->result == MIG_TEST_SUCCEED) {
             qtest_qmp_assert_success(from, "{ 'execute' : 'stop'}");
-            if (!got_src_stop) {
-                qtest_qmp_eventwait(from, "STOP");
-            }
+            wait_for_stop(from, &src_state);
             migrate_ensure_converge(from);
         }
     }
@@ -1765,9 +1807,8 @@ static void test_precopy_common(MigrateCommon *args)
              */
             wait_for_migration_complete(from);
 
-            if (!got_src_stop) {
-                qtest_qmp_eventwait(from, "STOP");
-            }
+            wait_for_stop(from, &src_state);
+
         } else {
             wait_for_migration_complete(from);
             /*
@@ -1780,8 +1821,11 @@ static void test_precopy_common(MigrateCommon *args)
             qtest_qmp_assert_success(to, "{ 'execute' : 'cont'}");
         }
 
-        if (!got_dst_resume) {
-            qtest_qmp_eventwait(to, "RESUME");
+        wait_for_resume(to, &dst_state);
+
+        if (args->start.suspend_me) {
+            /* wakeup succeeds only if guest is suspended */
+            qtest_qmp_assert_success(to, "{'execute': 'system_wakeup'}");
         }
 
         wait_for_serial("dest_serial");
@@ -1821,9 +1865,7 @@ static void test_file_common(MigrateCommon *args, bool stop_src)
 
     if (stop_src) {
         qtest_qmp_assert_success(from, "{ 'execute' : 'stop'}");
-        if (!got_src_stop) {
-            qtest_qmp_eventwait(from, "STOP");
-        }
+        wait_for_stop(from, &src_state);
     }
 
     if (args->result == MIG_TEST_QMP_ERROR) {
@@ -1844,10 +1886,7 @@ static void test_file_common(MigrateCommon *args, bool stop_src)
     if (stop_src) {
         qtest_qmp_assert_success(to, "{ 'execute' : 'cont'}");
     }
-
-    if (!got_dst_resume) {
-        qtest_qmp_eventwait(to, "RESUME");
-    }
+    wait_for_resume(to, &dst_state);
 
     wait_for_serial("dest_serial");
 
@@ -1875,6 +1914,34 @@ static void test_precopy_unix_plain(void)
     test_precopy_common(&args);
 }
 
+static void test_precopy_unix_suspend_live(void)
+{
+    g_autofree char *uri = g_strdup_printf("unix:%s/migsocket", tmpfs);
+    MigrateCommon args = {
+        .listen_uri = uri,
+        .connect_uri = uri,
+        /*
+         * despite being live, the test is fast because the src
+         * suspends immediately.
+         */
+        .live = true,
+        .start.suspend_me = true,
+    };
+
+    test_precopy_common(&args);
+}
+
+static void test_precopy_unix_suspend_notlive(void)
+{
+    g_autofree char *uri = g_strdup_printf("unix:%s/migsocket", tmpfs);
+    MigrateCommon args = {
+        .listen_uri = uri,
+        .connect_uri = uri,
+        .start.suspend_me = true,
+    };
+
+    test_precopy_common(&args);
+}
 
 static void test_precopy_unix_dirty_ring(void)
 {
@@ -1966,9 +2033,7 @@ static void test_ignore_shared(void)
 
     migrate_wait_for_dirty_mem(from, to);
 
-    if (!got_src_stop) {
-        qtest_qmp_eventwait(from, "STOP");
-    }
+    wait_for_stop(from, &src_state);
 
     qtest_qmp_eventwait(to, "RESUME");
 
@@ -2503,7 +2568,7 @@ static void test_migrate_auto_converge(void)
             break;
         }
         usleep(20);
-        g_assert_false(got_src_stop);
+        g_assert_false(src_state.stop_seen);
     } while (true);
     /* The first percentage of throttling should be at least init_pct */
     g_assert_cmpint(percentage, >=, init_pct);
@@ -2842,9 +2907,7 @@ static void test_multifd_tcp_cancel(void)
 
     migrate_ensure_converge(from);
 
-    if (!got_src_stop) {
-        qtest_qmp_eventwait(from, "STOP");
-    }
+    wait_for_stop(from, &src_state);
     qtest_qmp_eventwait(to2, "RESUME");
 
     wait_for_serial("dest_serial");
@@ -2985,7 +3048,9 @@ static int64_t get_limit_rate(QTestState *who)
 static QTestState *dirtylimit_start_vm(void)
 {
     QTestState *vm = NULL;
-    g_autofree gchar *
+    g_autofree gchar *cmd = NULL;
+
+    bootfile_create(tmpfs, false);
     cmd = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm,dirty-ring-size=4096 "
                           "-name dirtylimit-test,debug-threads=on "
                           "-m 150M -smp 1 "
@@ -3177,7 +3242,7 @@ static void test_migrate_dirty_limit(void)
         throttle_us_per_full =
         read_migrate_property_int(from, "dirty-limit-throttle-time-per-round");
         usleep(100);
-        g_assert_false(got_src_stop);
+        g_assert_false(src_state.stop_seen);
     }
 
     /* Now cancel migrate and wait for dirty limit throttle switch off */
@@ -3189,7 +3254,7 @@ static void test_migrate_dirty_limit(void)
         throttle_us_per_full =
         read_migrate_property_int(from, "dirty-limit-throttle-time-per-round");
         usleep(100);
-        g_assert_false(got_src_stop);
+        g_assert_false(src_state.stop_seen);
     } while (throttle_us_per_full != 0 && --max_try_count);
 
     /* Assert dirty limit is not in service */
@@ -3218,7 +3283,7 @@ static void test_migrate_dirty_limit(void)
         throttle_us_per_full =
         read_migrate_property_int(from, "dirty-limit-throttle-time-per-round");
         usleep(100);
-        g_assert_false(got_src_stop);
+        g_assert_false(src_state.stop_seen);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -3277,7 +3342,7 @@ static bool kvm_dirty_ring_supported(void)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     bool has_kvm, has_tcg;
-    bool has_uffd;
+    bool has_uffd, is_x86;
     const char *arch;
     g_autoptr(GError) err = NULL;
     const char *qemu_src = getenv(QEMU_ENV_SRC);
@@ -3307,6 +3372,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     has_uffd = ufd_version_check();
     arch = qtest_get_arch();
+    is_x86 = !strcmp(arch, "i386") || !strcmp(arch, "x86_64");
 
     /*
      * On ppc64, the test only works with kvm-hv, but not with kvm-pr and TCG
@@ -3334,10 +3400,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                        g_get_tmp_dir(), err->message);
     }
     g_assert(tmpfs);
-    bootfile_create(tmpfs);
 
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
 
+    if (is_x86) {
+        qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/unix/suspend/live",
+                       test_precopy_unix_suspend_live);
+        qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/unix/suspend/notlive",
+                       test_precopy_unix_suspend_notlive);
+    }
+
     if (has_uffd) {
         qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/plain", test_postcopy);
         qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/recovery/plain",
@@ -3355,7 +3427,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/recovery/double-failures",
                        test_postcopy_recovery_double_fail);
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
-
+        if (is_x86) {
+            qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/suspend",
+                           test_postcopy_suspend);
+        }
     }
 
     qtest_add_func("/migration/bad_dest", test_baddest);