diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index 3dfed8a005..30e5c687d3 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ static MultiFDPages_t *multifd_pages_init(uint32_t n)
 {
     MultiFDPages_t *pages = g_new0(MultiFDPages_t, 1);
 
-    pages->allocated = n;
     pages->offset = g_new0(ram_addr_t, n);
 
     return pages;
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ static MultiFDPages_t *multifd_pages_init(uint32_t n)
 static void multifd_pages_clear(MultiFDPages_t *pages)
 {
     multifd_pages_reset(pages);
-    pages->allocated = 0;
     g_free(pages->offset);
     pages->offset = NULL;
     g_free(pages);
@@ -420,7 +418,7 @@ void multifd_send_fill_packet(MultiFDSendParams *p)
     int i;
 
     packet->flags = cpu_to_be32(p->flags);
-    packet->pages_alloc = cpu_to_be32(pages->allocated);
+    packet->pages_alloc = cpu_to_be32(multifd_ram_page_count());
     packet->normal_pages = cpu_to_be32(pages->normal_num);
     packet->zero_pages = cpu_to_be32(zero_num);
     packet->next_packet_size = cpu_to_be32(p->next_packet_size);
@@ -651,7 +649,7 @@ static inline bool multifd_queue_empty(MultiFDPages_t *pages)
 
 static inline bool multifd_queue_full(MultiFDPages_t *pages)
 {
-    return pages->num == pages->allocated;
+    return pages->num == multifd_ram_page_count();
 }
 
 static inline void multifd_enqueue(MultiFDPages_t *pages, ram_addr_t offset)
diff --git a/migration/multifd.h b/migration/multifd.h
index a2bba23af9..660a9882c2 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.h
+++ b/migration/multifd.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t num;
     /* number of normal pages */
     uint32_t normal_num;
-    /* number of allocated pages */
-    uint32_t allocated;
     /* offset of each page */
     ram_addr_t *offset;
     RAMBlock *block;