diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 46e9d4d145..72143da0ac 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -3808,7 +3808,7 @@ static int ram_load_precopy(QEMUFile *f)
                         }
                     }
                     /* For postcopy we need to check hugepage sizes match */
-                    if (postcopy_advised &&
+                    if (postcopy_advised && migrate_postcopy_ram() &&
                         block->page_size != qemu_host_page_size) {
                         uint64_t remote_page_size = qemu_get_be64(f);
                         if (remote_page_size != block->page_size) {