diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index fa1e59a2fc..5a68544042 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -435,9 +435,6 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %u\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_MULTIFD_CHANNELS),
             params->x_multifd_channels);
-        monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %u\n",
-            MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_MULTIFD_PAGE_COUNT),
-            params->x_multifd_page_count);
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %" PRIu64 "\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_XBZRLE_CACHE_SIZE),
             params->xbzrle_cache_size);
@@ -1816,10 +1813,6 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         p->has_x_multifd_channels = true;
         visit_type_int(v, param, &p->x_multifd_channels, &err);
         break;
-    case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_MULTIFD_PAGE_COUNT:
-        p->has_x_multifd_page_count = true;
-        visit_type_int(v, param, &p->x_multifd_page_count, &err);
-        break;
     case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_XBZRLE_CACHE_SIZE:
         p->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
         visit_type_size(v, param, &cache_size, &err);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index df6fd8e0e5..52c8121628 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 /* The delay time (in ms) between two COLO checkpoints */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY (200 * 100)
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_CHANNELS 2
-#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_PAGE_COUNT 16
 
 /* Background transfer rate for postcopy, 0 means unlimited, note
  * that page requests can still exceed this limit.
@@ -768,8 +767,6 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->block_incremental = s->parameters.block_incremental;
     params->has_x_multifd_channels = true;
     params->x_multifd_channels = s->parameters.x_multifd_channels;
-    params->has_x_multifd_page_count = true;
-    params->x_multifd_page_count = s->parameters.x_multifd_page_count;
     params->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
     params->xbzrle_cache_size = s->parameters.xbzrle_cache_size;
     params->has_max_postcopy_bandwidth = true;
@@ -1158,14 +1155,6 @@ static bool migrate_params_check(MigrationParameters *params, Error **errp)
                    "is invalid, it should be in the range of 1 to 255");
         return false;
     }
-    if (params->has_x_multifd_page_count &&
-        (params->x_multifd_page_count < 1 ||
-         params->x_multifd_page_count > 10000)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE,
-                   "multifd_page_count",
-                   "is invalid, it should be in the range of 1 to 10000");
-        return false;
-    }
 
     if (params->has_xbzrle_cache_size &&
         (params->xbzrle_cache_size < qemu_target_page_size() ||
@@ -1277,9 +1266,6 @@ static void migrate_params_test_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params,
     if (params->has_x_multifd_channels) {
         dest->x_multifd_channels = params->x_multifd_channels;
     }
-    if (params->has_x_multifd_page_count) {
-        dest->x_multifd_page_count = params->x_multifd_page_count;
-    }
     if (params->has_xbzrle_cache_size) {
         dest->xbzrle_cache_size = params->xbzrle_cache_size;
     }
@@ -1370,9 +1356,6 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
     if (params->has_x_multifd_channels) {
         s->parameters.x_multifd_channels = params->x_multifd_channels;
     }
-    if (params->has_x_multifd_page_count) {
-        s->parameters.x_multifd_page_count = params->x_multifd_page_count;
-    }
     if (params->has_xbzrle_cache_size) {
         s->parameters.xbzrle_cache_size = params->xbzrle_cache_size;
         xbzrle_cache_resize(params->xbzrle_cache_size, errp);
@@ -2152,15 +2135,6 @@ int migrate_multifd_channels(void)
     return s->parameters.x_multifd_channels;
 }
 
-int migrate_multifd_page_count(void)
-{
-    MigrationState *s;
-
-    s = migrate_get_current();
-
-    return s->parameters.x_multifd_page_count;
-}
-
 int migrate_use_xbzrle(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;
@@ -3403,9 +3377,6 @@ static Property migration_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("x-multifd-channels", MigrationState,
                       parameters.x_multifd_channels,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_CHANNELS),
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("x-multifd-page-count", MigrationState,
-                      parameters.x_multifd_page_count,
-                      DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_PAGE_COUNT),
     DEFINE_PROP_SIZE("xbzrle-cache-size", MigrationState,
                       parameters.xbzrle_cache_size,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_XBZRLE_CACHE_SIZE),
@@ -3495,7 +3466,6 @@ static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
     params->has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
     params->has_block_incremental = true;
     params->has_x_multifd_channels = true;
-    params->has_x_multifd_page_count = true;
     params->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
     params->has_max_postcopy_bandwidth = true;
     params->has_max_cpu_throttle = true;
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 99e99e56bd..0f986935e1 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ bool migrate_auto_converge(void);
 bool migrate_use_multifd(void);
 bool migrate_pause_before_switchover(void);
 int migrate_multifd_channels(void);
-int migrate_multifd_page_count(void);
 
 int migrate_use_xbzrle(void);
 int64_t migrate_xbzrle_cache_size(void);
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 29f2823939..454d3eb539 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ exit:
 
 #define MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC (1 << 0)
 
+/* This value needs to be a multiple of qemu_target_page_size() */
+#define MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE (64 * 1024)
+
 typedef struct {
     uint32_t magic;
     uint32_t version;
@@ -783,12 +786,13 @@ static void multifd_pages_clear(MultiFDPages_t *pages)
 static void multifd_send_fill_packet(MultiFDSendParams *p)
 {
     MultiFDPacket_t *packet = p->packet;
+    uint32_t page_count = MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE / qemu_target_page_size();
     int i;
 
     packet->magic = cpu_to_be32(MULTIFD_MAGIC);
     packet->version = cpu_to_be32(MULTIFD_VERSION);
     packet->flags = cpu_to_be32(p->flags);
-    packet->pages_alloc = cpu_to_be32(migrate_multifd_page_count());
+    packet->pages_alloc = cpu_to_be32(page_count);
     packet->pages_used = cpu_to_be32(p->pages->used);
     packet->next_packet_size = cpu_to_be32(p->next_packet_size);
     packet->packet_num = cpu_to_be64(p->packet_num);
@@ -805,6 +809,7 @@ static void multifd_send_fill_packet(MultiFDSendParams *p)
 static int multifd_recv_unfill_packet(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
     MultiFDPacket_t *packet = p->packet;
+    uint32_t page_count = MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE / qemu_target_page_size();
     RAMBlock *block;
     int i;
 
@@ -827,10 +832,10 @@ static int multifd_recv_unfill_packet(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
     p->flags = be32_to_cpu(packet->flags);
 
     packet->pages_alloc = be32_to_cpu(packet->pages_alloc);
-    if (packet->pages_alloc > migrate_multifd_page_count()) {
+    if (packet->pages_alloc > page_count) {
         error_setg(errp, "multifd: received packet "
                    "with size %d and expected maximum size %d",
-                   packet->pages_alloc, migrate_multifd_page_count()) ;
+                   packet->pages_alloc, page_count) ;
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1162,7 +1167,7 @@ static void multifd_new_send_channel_async(QIOTask *task, gpointer opaque)
 int multifd_save_setup(void)
 {
     int thread_count;
-    uint32_t page_count = migrate_multifd_page_count();
+    uint32_t page_count = MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE / qemu_target_page_size();
     uint8_t i;
 
     if (!migrate_use_multifd()) {
@@ -1362,7 +1367,7 @@ static void *multifd_recv_thread(void *opaque)
 int multifd_load_setup(void)
 {
     int thread_count;
-    uint32_t page_count = migrate_multifd_page_count();
+    uint32_t page_count = MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE / qemu_target_page_size();
     uint8_t i;
 
     if (!migrate_use_multifd()) {
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 5684733754..7cd03596ae 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -562,9 +562,6 @@
 #                     number of sockets used for migration.  The
 #                     default value is 2 (since 2.11)
 #
-# @x-multifd-page-count: Number of pages sent together to a thread.
-#                        The default value is 16 (since 2.11)
-#
 # @xbzrle-cache-size: cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration.  It
 #                     needs to be a multiple of the target page size
 #                     and a power of 2
@@ -587,7 +584,7 @@
            'cpu-throttle-initial', 'cpu-throttle-increment',
            'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname', 'max-bandwidth',
            'downtime-limit', 'x-checkpoint-delay', 'block-incremental',
-           'x-multifd-channels', 'x-multifd-page-count',
+           'x-multifd-channels',
            'xbzrle-cache-size', 'max-postcopy-bandwidth',
            'max-cpu-throttle' ] }
 
@@ -667,9 +664,6 @@
 #                     number of sockets used for migration.  The
 #                     default value is 2 (since 2.11)
 #
-# @x-multifd-page-count: Number of pages sent together to a thread.
-#                        The default value is 16 (since 2.11)
-#
 # @xbzrle-cache-size: cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration.  It
 #                     needs to be a multiple of the target page size
 #                     and a power of 2
@@ -704,7 +698,6 @@
             '*x-checkpoint-delay': 'int',
             '*block-incremental': 'bool',
             '*x-multifd-channels': 'int',
-            '*x-multifd-page-count': 'int',
             '*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
             '*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
 	    '*max-cpu-throttle': 'int' } }
@@ -800,9 +793,6 @@
 #                     number of sockets used for migration.
 #                     The default value is 2 (since 2.11)
 #
-# @x-multifd-page-count: Number of pages sent together to a thread.
-#                        The default value is 16 (since 2.11)
-#
 # @xbzrle-cache-size: cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration.  It
 #                     needs to be a multiple of the target page size
 #                     and a power of 2
@@ -836,7 +826,6 @@
             '*x-checkpoint-delay': 'uint32',
             '*block-incremental': 'bool' ,
             '*x-multifd-channels': 'uint8',
-            '*x-multifd-page-count': 'uint32',
             '*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
 	    '*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
             '*max-cpu-throttle':'uint8'} }