diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 6771c3a1a1..d1bf121ffa 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,10 @@ static int bdrv_fill_options(QDict **options, const char **pfilename,
         }
     }
 
+    if (runstate_check(RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE)) {
+        *flags |= BDRV_O_INCOMING;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 8141b6b3da..27398b1041 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -537,10 +537,6 @@ static BlockBackend *blockdev_init(const char *file, QDict *bs_opts,
             bdrv_flags |= BDRV_O_COPY_ON_READ;
         }
 
-        if (runstate_check(RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE)) {
-            bdrv_flags |= BDRV_O_INCOMING;
-        }
-
         bdrv_flags |= ro ? 0 : BDRV_O_RDWR;
 
         blk = blk_new_open(qemu_opts_id(opts), file, NULL, bs_opts, bdrv_flags,