diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index bcc385b94b..306e2ac60e 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ retry:
 out:
     res = qemu_file_get_error(rp);
     if (res) {
-        if (res == -EIO && migration_in_postcopy()) {
+        if (res && migration_in_postcopy()) {
             /*
              * Maybe there is something we can do: it looks like a
              * network down issue, and we pause for a recovery.
@@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ static MigThrError migration_detect_error(MigrationState *s)
         error_free(local_error);
     }
 
-    if (state == MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_ACTIVE && ret == -EIO) {
+    if (state == MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_ACTIVE && ret) {
         /*
          * For postcopy, we allow the network to be down for a
          * while. After that, it can be continued by a
diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
index d08d396c63..b0d12d5053 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ retry:
                                         msg.arg.pagefault.address);
             if (ret) {
                 /* May be network failure, try to wait for recovery */
-                if (ret == -EIO && postcopy_pause_fault_thread(mis)) {
+                if (postcopy_pause_fault_thread(mis)) {
                     /* We got reconnected somehow, try to continue */
                     goto retry;
                 } else {