diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 4ab637a1fe..ec3bc9ae20 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -440,8 +440,34 @@ void migration_incoming_process(void)
 
 void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f)
 {
-    migration_incoming_setup(f);
-    migration_incoming_process();
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
+
+    if (mis->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_PAUSED) {
+        /* Resumed from a paused postcopy migration */
+
+        mis->from_src_file = f;
+        /* Postcopy has standalone thread to do vm load */
+        qemu_file_set_blocking(f, true);
+
+        /* Re-configure the return path */
+        mis->to_src_file = qemu_file_get_return_path(f);
+
+        migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_PAUSED,
+                          MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_RECOVER);
+
+        /*
+         * Here, we only wake up the main loading thread (while the
+         * fault thread will still be waiting), so that we can receive
+         * commands from source now, and answer it if needed. The
+         * fault thread will be woken up afterwards until we are sure
+         * that source is ready to reply to page requests.
+         */
+        qemu_sem_post(&mis->postcopy_pause_sem_dst);
+    } else {
+        /* New incoming migration */
+        migration_incoming_setup(f);
+        migration_incoming_process();
+    }
 }
 
 void migration_ioc_process_incoming(QIOChannel *ioc)