diff --git a/migration/meson.build b/migration/meson.build
index da1897fadf..75de868bb7 100644
--- a/migration/meson.build
+++ b/migration/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ softmmu_ss.add(files(
   'migration.c',
   'multifd.c',
   'multifd-zlib.c',
+  'multifd-zlib.c',
+  'ram-compress.c',
   'options.c',
   'postcopy-ram.c',
   'savevm.c',
@@ -38,4 +40,6 @@ endif
 softmmu_ss.add(when: zstd, if_true: files('multifd-zstd.c'))
 
 specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SOFTMMU',
-                if_true: files('dirtyrate.c', 'ram.c', 'target.c'))
+                if_true: files('dirtyrate.c',
+                               'ram.c',
+                               'target.c'))
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 232e387109..0ee07802a5 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/cpu-throttle.h"
 #include "rdma.h"
 #include "ram.h"
+#include "ram-compress.h"
 #include "migration/global_state.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "migration.h"
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ void migration_incoming_state_destroy(void)
     struct MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
     multifd_load_cleanup();
+    compress_threads_load_cleanup();
 
     if (mis->to_src_file) {
         /* Tell source that we are done */
@@ -500,6 +502,12 @@ process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     assert(mis->from_src_file);
+
+    if (compress_threads_load_setup(mis->from_src_file)) {
+        error_report("Failed to setup decompress threads");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
     mis->migration_incoming_co = qemu_coroutine_self();
     mis->largest_page_size = qemu_ram_pagesize_largest();
     postcopy_state_set(POSTCOPY_INCOMING_NONE);
@@ -565,6 +573,7 @@ fail:
     qemu_fclose(mis->from_src_file);
 
     multifd_load_cleanup();
+    compress_threads_load_cleanup();
 
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index f4cfd05c67..61fb580342 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -870,6 +870,17 @@ int qemu_put_qemu_file(QEMUFile *f_des, QEMUFile *f_src)
     return len;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if the writable buffer is empty
+ */
+
+bool qemu_file_buffer_empty(QEMUFile *file)
+{
+    assert(qemu_file_is_writable(file));
+
+    return !file->iovcnt;
+}
+
 /*
  * Get a string whose length is determined by a single preceding byte
  * A preallocated 256 byte buffer must be passed in.
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.h b/migration/qemu-file.h
index 4f26bf6961..4ee58a87dd 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ size_t coroutine_mixed_fn qemu_get_buffer_in_place(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t **buf, s
 ssize_t qemu_put_compression_data(QEMUFile *f, z_stream *stream,
                                   const uint8_t *p, size_t size);
 int qemu_put_qemu_file(QEMUFile *f_des, QEMUFile *f_src);
+bool qemu_file_buffer_empty(QEMUFile *file);
 
 /*
  * Note that you can only peek continuous bytes from where the current pointer
diff --git a/migration/ram-compress.c b/migration/ram-compress.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06254d8c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/ram-compress.c
@@ -0,0 +1,485 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU System Emulator
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
+
+#include "ram-compress.h"
+
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "migration.h"
+#include "options.h"
+#include "io/channel-null.h"
+#include "exec/target_page.h"
+#include "exec/ramblock.h"
+
+CompressionStats compression_counters;
+
+static CompressParam *comp_param;
+static QemuThread *compress_threads;
+/* comp_done_cond is used to wake up the migration thread when
+ * one of the compression threads has finished the compression.
+ * comp_done_lock is used to co-work with comp_done_cond.
+ */
+static QemuMutex comp_done_lock;
+static QemuCond comp_done_cond;
+
+struct DecompressParam {
+    bool done;
+    bool quit;
+    QemuMutex mutex;
+    QemuCond cond;
+    void *des;
+    uint8_t *compbuf;
+    int len;
+    z_stream stream;
+};
+typedef struct DecompressParam DecompressParam;
+
+static QEMUFile *decomp_file;
+static DecompressParam *decomp_param;
+static QemuThread *decompress_threads;
+static QemuMutex decomp_done_lock;
+static QemuCond decomp_done_cond;
+
+static CompressResult do_compress_ram_page(QEMUFile *f, z_stream *stream,
+                                           RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset,
+                                           uint8_t *source_buf);
+
+static void *do_data_compress(void *opaque)
+{
+    CompressParam *param = opaque;
+    RAMBlock *block;
+    ram_addr_t offset;
+    CompressResult result;
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
+    while (!param->quit) {
+        if (param->trigger) {
+            block = param->block;
+            offset = param->offset;
+            param->trigger = false;
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
+
+            result = do_compress_ram_page(param->file, &param->stream,
+                                          block, offset, param->originbuf);
+
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_done_lock);
+            param->done = true;
+            param->result = result;
+            qemu_cond_signal(&comp_done_cond);
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_done_lock);
+
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
+        } else {
+            qemu_cond_wait(&param->cond, &param->mutex);
+        }
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void compress_threads_save_cleanup(void)
+{
+    int i, thread_count;
+
+    if (!migrate_compress() || !comp_param) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
+    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+        /*
+         * we use it as a indicator which shows if the thread is
+         * properly init'd or not
+         */
+        if (!comp_param[i].file) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[i].mutex);
+        comp_param[i].quit = true;
+        qemu_cond_signal(&comp_param[i].cond);
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[i].mutex);
+
+        qemu_thread_join(compress_threads + i);
+        qemu_mutex_destroy(&comp_param[i].mutex);
+        qemu_cond_destroy(&comp_param[i].cond);
+        deflateEnd(&comp_param[i].stream);
+        g_free(comp_param[i].originbuf);
+        qemu_fclose(comp_param[i].file);
+        comp_param[i].file = NULL;
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_destroy(&comp_done_lock);
+    qemu_cond_destroy(&comp_done_cond);
+    g_free(compress_threads);
+    g_free(comp_param);
+    compress_threads = NULL;
+    comp_param = NULL;
+}
+
+int compress_threads_save_setup(void)
+{
+    int i, thread_count;
+
+    if (!migrate_compress()) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
+    compress_threads = g_new0(QemuThread, thread_count);
+    comp_param = g_new0(CompressParam, thread_count);
+    qemu_cond_init(&comp_done_cond);
+    qemu_mutex_init(&comp_done_lock);
+    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+        comp_param[i].originbuf = g_try_malloc(qemu_target_page_size());
+        if (!comp_param[i].originbuf) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+
+        if (deflateInit(&comp_param[i].stream,
+                        migrate_compress_level()) != Z_OK) {
+            g_free(comp_param[i].originbuf);
+            goto exit;
+        }
+
+        /* comp_param[i].file is just used as a dummy buffer to save data,
+         * set its ops to empty.
+         */
+        comp_param[i].file = qemu_file_new_output(
+            QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_null_new()));
+        comp_param[i].done = true;
+        comp_param[i].quit = false;
+        qemu_mutex_init(&comp_param[i].mutex);
+        qemu_cond_init(&comp_param[i].cond);
+        qemu_thread_create(compress_threads + i, "compress",
+                           do_data_compress, comp_param + i,
+                           QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+    }
+    return 0;
+
+exit:
+    compress_threads_save_cleanup();
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static CompressResult do_compress_ram_page(QEMUFile *f, z_stream *stream,
+                                           RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset,
+                                           uint8_t *source_buf)
+{
+    uint8_t *p = block->host + offset;
+    size_t page_size = qemu_target_page_size();
+    int ret;
+
+    assert(qemu_file_buffer_empty(f));
+
+    if (buffer_is_zero(p, page_size)) {
+        return RES_ZEROPAGE;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * copy it to a internal buffer to avoid it being modified by VM
+     * so that we can catch up the error during compression and
+     * decompression
+     */
+    memcpy(source_buf, p, page_size);
+    ret = qemu_put_compression_data(f, stream, source_buf, page_size);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        qemu_file_set_error(migrate_get_current()->to_dst_file, ret);
+        error_report("compressed data failed!");
+        qemu_fflush(f);
+        return RES_NONE;
+    }
+    return RES_COMPRESS;
+}
+
+static inline void compress_reset_result(CompressParam *param)
+{
+    param->result = RES_NONE;
+    param->block = NULL;
+    param->offset = 0;
+}
+
+void flush_compressed_data(int (send_queued_data(CompressParam *)))
+{
+    int idx, thread_count;
+
+    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_done_lock);
+    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
+        while (!comp_param[idx].done) {
+            qemu_cond_wait(&comp_done_cond, &comp_done_lock);
+        }
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_done_lock);
+
+    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
+        if (!comp_param[idx].quit) {
+            CompressParam *param = &comp_param[idx];
+            send_queued_data(param);
+            assert(qemu_file_buffer_empty(param->file));
+            compress_reset_result(param);
+        }
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void set_compress_params(CompressParam *param, RAMBlock *block,
+                                       ram_addr_t offset)
+{
+    param->block = block;
+    param->offset = offset;
+    param->trigger = true;
+}
+
+int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset,
+                                int (send_queued_data(CompressParam *)))
+{
+    int idx, thread_count, pages = -1;
+    bool wait = migrate_compress_wait_thread();
+
+    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_done_lock);
+retry:
+    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
+        if (comp_param[idx].done) {
+            CompressParam *param = &comp_param[idx];
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
+            param->done = false;
+            send_queued_data(param);
+            assert(qemu_file_buffer_empty(param->file));
+            compress_reset_result(param);
+            set_compress_params(param, block, offset);
+
+            qemu_cond_signal(&param->cond);
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
+            pages = 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * wait for the free thread if the user specifies 'compress-wait-thread',
+     * otherwise we will post the page out in the main thread as normal page.
+     */
+    if (pages < 0 && wait) {
+        qemu_cond_wait(&comp_done_cond, &comp_done_lock);
+        goto retry;
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_done_lock);
+
+    return pages;
+}
+
+/* return the size after decompression, or negative value on error */
+static int
+qemu_uncompress_data(z_stream *stream, uint8_t *dest, size_t dest_len,
+                     const uint8_t *source, size_t source_len)
+{
+    int err;
+
+    err = inflateReset(stream);
+    if (err != Z_OK) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    stream->avail_in = source_len;
+    stream->next_in = (uint8_t *)source;
+    stream->avail_out = dest_len;
+    stream->next_out = dest;
+
+    err = inflate(stream, Z_NO_FLUSH);
+    if (err != Z_STREAM_END) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return stream->total_out;
+}
+
+static void *do_data_decompress(void *opaque)
+{
+    DecompressParam *param = opaque;
+    unsigned long pagesize;
+    uint8_t *des;
+    int len, ret;
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
+    while (!param->quit) {
+        if (param->des) {
+            des = param->des;
+            len = param->len;
+            param->des = 0;
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
+
+            pagesize = qemu_target_page_size();
+
+            ret = qemu_uncompress_data(&param->stream, des, pagesize,
+                                       param->compbuf, len);
+            if (ret < 0 && migrate_get_current()->decompress_error_check) {
+                error_report("decompress data failed");
+                qemu_file_set_error(decomp_file, ret);
+            }
+
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_done_lock);
+            param->done = true;
+            qemu_cond_signal(&decomp_done_cond);
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_done_lock);
+
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
+        } else {
+            qemu_cond_wait(&param->cond, &param->mutex);
+        }
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+int wait_for_decompress_done(void)
+{
+    int idx, thread_count;
+
+    if (!migrate_compress()) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_done_lock);
+    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
+        while (!decomp_param[idx].done) {
+            qemu_cond_wait(&decomp_done_cond, &decomp_done_lock);
+        }
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_done_lock);
+    return qemu_file_get_error(decomp_file);
+}
+
+void compress_threads_load_cleanup(void)
+{
+    int i, thread_count;
+
+    if (!migrate_compress()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
+    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+        /*
+         * we use it as a indicator which shows if the thread is
+         * properly init'd or not
+         */
+        if (!decomp_param[i].compbuf) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
+        decomp_param[i].quit = true;
+        qemu_cond_signal(&decomp_param[i].cond);
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
+    }
+    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+        if (!decomp_param[i].compbuf) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        qemu_thread_join(decompress_threads + i);
+        qemu_mutex_destroy(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
+        qemu_cond_destroy(&decomp_param[i].cond);
+        inflateEnd(&decomp_param[i].stream);
+        g_free(decomp_param[i].compbuf);
+        decomp_param[i].compbuf = NULL;
+    }
+    g_free(decompress_threads);
+    g_free(decomp_param);
+    decompress_threads = NULL;
+    decomp_param = NULL;
+    decomp_file = NULL;
+}
+
+int compress_threads_load_setup(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    int i, thread_count;
+
+    if (!migrate_compress()) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
+    decompress_threads = g_new0(QemuThread, thread_count);
+    decomp_param = g_new0(DecompressParam, thread_count);
+    qemu_mutex_init(&decomp_done_lock);
+    qemu_cond_init(&decomp_done_cond);
+    decomp_file = f;
+    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+        if (inflateInit(&decomp_param[i].stream) != Z_OK) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+
+        size_t compbuf_size = compressBound(qemu_target_page_size());
+        decomp_param[i].compbuf = g_malloc0(compbuf_size);
+        qemu_mutex_init(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
+        qemu_cond_init(&decomp_param[i].cond);
+        decomp_param[i].done = true;
+        decomp_param[i].quit = false;
+        qemu_thread_create(decompress_threads + i, "decompress",
+                           do_data_decompress, decomp_param + i,
+                           QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+    }
+    return 0;
+exit:
+    compress_threads_load_cleanup();
+    return -1;
+}
+
+void decompress_data_with_multi_threads(QEMUFile *f, void *host, int len)
+{
+    int idx, thread_count;
+
+    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
+    QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&decomp_done_lock);
+    while (true) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
+            if (decomp_param[idx].done) {
+                decomp_param[idx].done = false;
+                qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_param[idx].mutex);
+                qemu_get_buffer(f, decomp_param[idx].compbuf, len);
+                decomp_param[idx].des = host;
+                decomp_param[idx].len = len;
+                qemu_cond_signal(&decomp_param[idx].cond);
+                qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_param[idx].mutex);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (idx < thread_count) {
+            break;
+        } else {
+            qemu_cond_wait(&decomp_done_cond, &decomp_done_lock);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/migration/ram-compress.h b/migration/ram-compress.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f7fe2f472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/ram-compress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU System Emulator
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_MIGRATION_COMPRESS_H
+#define QEMU_MIGRATION_COMPRESS_H
+
+#include "qemu-file.h"
+
+enum CompressResult {
+    RES_NONE = 0,
+    RES_ZEROPAGE = 1,
+    RES_COMPRESS = 2
+};
+typedef enum CompressResult CompressResult;
+
+struct CompressParam {
+    bool done;
+    bool quit;
+    bool trigger;
+    CompressResult result;
+    QEMUFile *file;
+    QemuMutex mutex;
+    QemuCond cond;
+    RAMBlock *block;
+    ram_addr_t offset;
+
+    /* internally used fields */
+    z_stream stream;
+    uint8_t *originbuf;
+};
+typedef struct CompressParam CompressParam;
+
+void compress_threads_save_cleanup(void);
+int compress_threads_save_setup(void);
+
+void flush_compressed_data(int (send_queued_data(CompressParam *)));
+int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset,
+                                int (send_queued_data(CompressParam *)));
+
+int wait_for_decompress_done(void);
+void compress_threads_load_cleanup(void);
+int compress_threads_load_setup(QEMUFile *f);
+void decompress_data_with_multi_threads(QEMUFile *f, void *host, int len);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 5e7bf20ca5..f78e9912cd 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 #include "qemu/bitmap.h"
 #include "qemu/madvise.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
-#include "io/channel-null.h"
 #include "xbzrle.h"
+#include "ram-compress.h"
 #include "ram.h"
 #include "migration.h"
 #include "migration-stats.h"
@@ -480,56 +480,8 @@ typedef struct MigrationOps MigrationOps;
 
 MigrationOps *migration_ops;
 
-CompressionStats compression_counters;
-
-struct CompressParam {
-    bool done;
-    bool quit;
-    bool zero_page;
-    QEMUFile *file;
-    QemuMutex mutex;
-    QemuCond cond;
-    RAMBlock *block;
-    ram_addr_t offset;
-
-    /* internally used fields */
-    z_stream stream;
-    uint8_t *originbuf;
-};
-typedef struct CompressParam CompressParam;
-
-struct DecompressParam {
-    bool done;
-    bool quit;
-    QemuMutex mutex;
-    QemuCond cond;
-    void *des;
-    uint8_t *compbuf;
-    int len;
-    z_stream stream;
-};
-typedef struct DecompressParam DecompressParam;
-
-static CompressParam *comp_param;
-static QemuThread *compress_threads;
-/* comp_done_cond is used to wake up the migration thread when
- * one of the compression threads has finished the compression.
- * comp_done_lock is used to co-work with comp_done_cond.
- */
-static QemuMutex comp_done_lock;
-static QemuCond comp_done_cond;
-
-static QEMUFile *decomp_file;
-static DecompressParam *decomp_param;
-static QemuThread *decompress_threads;
-static QemuMutex decomp_done_lock;
-static QemuCond decomp_done_cond;
-
 static int ram_save_host_page_urgent(PageSearchStatus *pss);
 
-static bool do_compress_ram_page(QEMUFile *f, z_stream *stream, RAMBlock *block,
-                                 ram_addr_t offset, uint8_t *source_buf);
-
 /* NOTE: page is the PFN not real ram_addr_t. */
 static void pss_init(PageSearchStatus *pss, RAMBlock *rb, ram_addr_t page)
 {
@@ -548,123 +500,6 @@ static bool pss_overlap(PageSearchStatus *pss1, PageSearchStatus *pss2)
         (pss1->host_page_start == pss2->host_page_start);
 }
 
-static void *do_data_compress(void *opaque)
-{
-    CompressParam *param = opaque;
-    RAMBlock *block;
-    ram_addr_t offset;
-    bool zero_page;
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
-    while (!param->quit) {
-        if (param->block) {
-            block = param->block;
-            offset = param->offset;
-            param->block = NULL;
-            qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
-
-            zero_page = do_compress_ram_page(param->file, &param->stream,
-                                             block, offset, param->originbuf);
-
-            qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_done_lock);
-            param->done = true;
-            param->zero_page = zero_page;
-            qemu_cond_signal(&comp_done_cond);
-            qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_done_lock);
-
-            qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
-        } else {
-            qemu_cond_wait(&param->cond, &param->mutex);
-        }
-    }
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void compress_threads_save_cleanup(void)
-{
-    int i, thread_count;
-
-    if (!migrate_compress() || !comp_param) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
-    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
-        /*
-         * we use it as a indicator which shows if the thread is
-         * properly init'd or not
-         */
-        if (!comp_param[i].file) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[i].mutex);
-        comp_param[i].quit = true;
-        qemu_cond_signal(&comp_param[i].cond);
-        qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[i].mutex);
-
-        qemu_thread_join(compress_threads + i);
-        qemu_mutex_destroy(&comp_param[i].mutex);
-        qemu_cond_destroy(&comp_param[i].cond);
-        deflateEnd(&comp_param[i].stream);
-        g_free(comp_param[i].originbuf);
-        qemu_fclose(comp_param[i].file);
-        comp_param[i].file = NULL;
-    }
-    qemu_mutex_destroy(&comp_done_lock);
-    qemu_cond_destroy(&comp_done_cond);
-    g_free(compress_threads);
-    g_free(comp_param);
-    compress_threads = NULL;
-    comp_param = NULL;
-}
-
-static int compress_threads_save_setup(void)
-{
-    int i, thread_count;
-
-    if (!migrate_compress()) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
-    compress_threads = g_new0(QemuThread, thread_count);
-    comp_param = g_new0(CompressParam, thread_count);
-    qemu_cond_init(&comp_done_cond);
-    qemu_mutex_init(&comp_done_lock);
-    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
-        comp_param[i].originbuf = g_try_malloc(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-        if (!comp_param[i].originbuf) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-
-        if (deflateInit(&comp_param[i].stream,
-                        migrate_compress_level()) != Z_OK) {
-            g_free(comp_param[i].originbuf);
-            goto exit;
-        }
-
-        /* comp_param[i].file is just used as a dummy buffer to save data,
-         * set its ops to empty.
-         */
-        comp_param[i].file = qemu_file_new_output(
-            QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_null_new()));
-        comp_param[i].done = true;
-        comp_param[i].quit = false;
-        qemu_mutex_init(&comp_param[i].mutex);
-        qemu_cond_init(&comp_param[i].cond);
-        qemu_thread_create(compress_threads + i, "compress",
-                           do_data_compress, comp_param + i,
-                           QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-    }
-    return 0;
-
-exit:
-    compress_threads_save_cleanup();
-    return -1;
-}
-
 /**
  * save_page_header: write page header to wire
  *
@@ -1452,40 +1287,12 @@ static int ram_save_multifd_page(QEMUFile *file, RAMBlock *block,
     return 1;
 }
 
-static bool do_compress_ram_page(QEMUFile *f, z_stream *stream, RAMBlock *block,
-                                 ram_addr_t offset, uint8_t *source_buf)
-{
-    RAMState *rs = ram_state;
-    PageSearchStatus *pss = &rs->pss[RAM_CHANNEL_PRECOPY];
-    uint8_t *p = block->host + offset;
-    int ret;
-
-    if (save_zero_page_to_file(pss, f, block, offset)) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    save_page_header(pss, f, block, offset | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS_PAGE);
-
-    /*
-     * copy it to a internal buffer to avoid it being modified by VM
-     * so that we can catch up the error during compression and
-     * decompression
-     */
-    memcpy(source_buf, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-    ret = qemu_put_compression_data(f, stream, source_buf, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        qemu_file_set_error(migrate_get_current()->to_dst_file, ret);
-        error_report("compressed data failed!");
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 static void
 update_compress_thread_counts(const CompressParam *param, int bytes_xmit)
 {
     ram_transferred_add(bytes_xmit);
 
-    if (param->zero_page) {
+    if (param->result == RES_ZEROPAGE) {
         stat64_add(&mig_stats.zero_pages, 1);
         return;
     }
@@ -1497,81 +1304,49 @@ update_compress_thread_counts(const CompressParam *param, int bytes_xmit)
 
 static bool save_page_use_compression(RAMState *rs);
 
-static void flush_compressed_data(RAMState *rs)
+static int send_queued_data(CompressParam *param)
 {
+    PageSearchStatus *pss = &ram_state->pss[RAM_CHANNEL_PRECOPY];
     MigrationState *ms = migrate_get_current();
-    int idx, len, thread_count;
+    QEMUFile *file = ms->to_dst_file;
+    int len = 0;
 
+    RAMBlock *block = param->block;
+    ram_addr_t offset = param->offset;
+
+    if (param->result == RES_NONE) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    assert(block == pss->last_sent_block);
+
+    if (param->result == RES_ZEROPAGE) {
+        assert(qemu_file_buffer_empty(param->file));
+        len += save_page_header(pss, file, block, offset | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_ZERO);
+        qemu_put_byte(file, 0);
+        len += 1;
+        ram_release_page(block->idstr, offset);
+    } else if (param->result == RES_COMPRESS) {
+        assert(!qemu_file_buffer_empty(param->file));
+        len += save_page_header(pss, file, block,
+                                offset | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS_PAGE);
+        len += qemu_put_qemu_file(file, param->file);
+    } else {
+        abort();
+    }
+
+    update_compress_thread_counts(param, len);
+
+    return len;
+}
+
+static void ram_flush_compressed_data(RAMState *rs)
+{
     if (!save_page_use_compression(rs)) {
         return;
     }
-    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
 
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_done_lock);
-    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
-        while (!comp_param[idx].done) {
-            qemu_cond_wait(&comp_done_cond, &comp_done_lock);
-        }
-    }
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_done_lock);
-
-    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
-        qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
-        if (!comp_param[idx].quit) {
-            len = qemu_put_qemu_file(ms->to_dst_file, comp_param[idx].file);
-            /*
-             * it's safe to fetch zero_page without holding comp_done_lock
-             * as there is no further request submitted to the thread,
-             * i.e, the thread should be waiting for a request at this point.
-             */
-            update_compress_thread_counts(&comp_param[idx], len);
-        }
-        qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
-    }
-}
-
-static inline void set_compress_params(CompressParam *param, RAMBlock *block,
-                                       ram_addr_t offset)
-{
-    param->block = block;
-    param->offset = offset;
-}
-
-static int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset)
-{
-    int idx, thread_count, bytes_xmit = -1, pages = -1;
-    bool wait = migrate_compress_wait_thread();
-    MigrationState *ms = migrate_get_current();
-
-    thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_done_lock);
-retry:
-    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
-        if (comp_param[idx].done) {
-            comp_param[idx].done = false;
-            bytes_xmit = qemu_put_qemu_file(ms->to_dst_file,
-                                            comp_param[idx].file);
-            qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
-            set_compress_params(&comp_param[idx], block, offset);
-            qemu_cond_signal(&comp_param[idx].cond);
-            qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
-            pages = 1;
-            update_compress_thread_counts(&comp_param[idx], bytes_xmit);
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * wait for the free thread if the user specifies 'compress-wait-thread',
-     * otherwise we will post the page out in the main thread as normal page.
-     */
-    if (pages < 0 && wait) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&comp_done_cond, &comp_done_lock);
-        goto retry;
-    }
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_done_lock);
-
-    return pages;
+    flush_compressed_data(send_queued_data);
 }
 
 #define PAGE_ALL_CLEAN 0
@@ -1628,7 +1403,7 @@ static int find_dirty_block(RAMState *rs, PageSearchStatus *pss)
              * Also If xbzrle is on, stop using the data compression at this
              * point. In theory, xbzrle can do better than compression.
              */
-            flush_compressed_data(rs);
+            ram_flush_compressed_data(rs);
 
             /* Hit the end of the list */
             pss->block = QLIST_FIRST_RCU(&ram_list.blocks);
@@ -2318,11 +2093,11 @@ static bool save_compress_page(RAMState *rs, PageSearchStatus *pss,
      * much CPU resource.
      */
     if (block != pss->last_sent_block) {
-        flush_compressed_data(rs);
+        ram_flush_compressed_data(rs);
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (compress_page_with_multi_thread(block, offset) > 0) {
+    if (compress_page_with_multi_thread(block, offset, send_queued_data) > 0) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -3368,7 +3143,7 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
              * page is sent in one chunk.
              */
             if (migrate_postcopy_ram()) {
-                flush_compressed_data(rs);
+                ram_flush_compressed_data(rs);
             }
 
             /*
@@ -3463,7 +3238,7 @@ static int ram_save_complete(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
         }
         qemu_mutex_unlock(&rs->bitmap_mutex);
 
-        flush_compressed_data(rs);
+        ram_flush_compressed_data(rs);
         ram_control_after_iterate(f, RAM_CONTROL_FINISH);
     }
 
@@ -3674,192 +3449,6 @@ void ram_handle_compressed(void *host, uint8_t ch, uint64_t size)
     }
 }
 
-/* return the size after decompression, or negative value on error */
-static int
-qemu_uncompress_data(z_stream *stream, uint8_t *dest, size_t dest_len,
-                     const uint8_t *source, size_t source_len)
-{
-    int err;
-
-    err = inflateReset(stream);
-    if (err != Z_OK) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    stream->avail_in = source_len;
-    stream->next_in = (uint8_t *)source;
-    stream->avail_out = dest_len;
-    stream->next_out = dest;
-
-    err = inflate(stream, Z_NO_FLUSH);
-    if (err != Z_STREAM_END) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return stream->total_out;
-}
-
-static void *do_data_decompress(void *opaque)
-{
-    DecompressParam *param = opaque;
-    unsigned long pagesize;
-    uint8_t *des;
-    int len, ret;
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
-    while (!param->quit) {
-        if (param->des) {
-            des = param->des;
-            len = param->len;
-            param->des = 0;
-            qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
-
-            pagesize = TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
-
-            ret = qemu_uncompress_data(&param->stream, des, pagesize,
-                                       param->compbuf, len);
-            if (ret < 0 && migrate_get_current()->decompress_error_check) {
-                error_report("decompress data failed");
-                qemu_file_set_error(decomp_file, ret);
-            }
-
-            qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_done_lock);
-            param->done = true;
-            qemu_cond_signal(&decomp_done_cond);
-            qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_done_lock);
-
-            qemu_mutex_lock(&param->mutex);
-        } else {
-            qemu_cond_wait(&param->cond, &param->mutex);
-        }
-    }
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&param->mutex);
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static int wait_for_decompress_done(void)
-{
-    int idx, thread_count;
-
-    if (!migrate_compress()) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_done_lock);
-    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
-        while (!decomp_param[idx].done) {
-            qemu_cond_wait(&decomp_done_cond, &decomp_done_lock);
-        }
-    }
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_done_lock);
-    return qemu_file_get_error(decomp_file);
-}
-
-static void compress_threads_load_cleanup(void)
-{
-    int i, thread_count;
-
-    if (!migrate_compress()) {
-        return;
-    }
-    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
-    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
-        /*
-         * we use it as a indicator which shows if the thread is
-         * properly init'd or not
-         */
-        if (!decomp_param[i].compbuf) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
-        decomp_param[i].quit = true;
-        qemu_cond_signal(&decomp_param[i].cond);
-        qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
-    }
-    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
-        if (!decomp_param[i].compbuf) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        qemu_thread_join(decompress_threads + i);
-        qemu_mutex_destroy(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
-        qemu_cond_destroy(&decomp_param[i].cond);
-        inflateEnd(&decomp_param[i].stream);
-        g_free(decomp_param[i].compbuf);
-        decomp_param[i].compbuf = NULL;
-    }
-    g_free(decompress_threads);
-    g_free(decomp_param);
-    decompress_threads = NULL;
-    decomp_param = NULL;
-    decomp_file = NULL;
-}
-
-static int compress_threads_load_setup(QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    int i, thread_count;
-
-    if (!migrate_compress()) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
-    decompress_threads = g_new0(QemuThread, thread_count);
-    decomp_param = g_new0(DecompressParam, thread_count);
-    qemu_mutex_init(&decomp_done_lock);
-    qemu_cond_init(&decomp_done_cond);
-    decomp_file = f;
-    for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
-        if (inflateInit(&decomp_param[i].stream) != Z_OK) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-
-        decomp_param[i].compbuf = g_malloc0(compressBound(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE));
-        qemu_mutex_init(&decomp_param[i].mutex);
-        qemu_cond_init(&decomp_param[i].cond);
-        decomp_param[i].done = true;
-        decomp_param[i].quit = false;
-        qemu_thread_create(decompress_threads + i, "decompress",
-                           do_data_decompress, decomp_param + i,
-                           QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-    }
-    return 0;
-exit:
-    compress_threads_load_cleanup();
-    return -1;
-}
-
-static void decompress_data_with_multi_threads(QEMUFile *f,
-                                               void *host, int len)
-{
-    int idx, thread_count;
-
-    thread_count = migrate_decompress_threads();
-    QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&decomp_done_lock);
-    while (true) {
-        for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
-            if (decomp_param[idx].done) {
-                decomp_param[idx].done = false;
-                qemu_mutex_lock(&decomp_param[idx].mutex);
-                qemu_get_buffer(f, decomp_param[idx].compbuf, len);
-                decomp_param[idx].des = host;
-                decomp_param[idx].len = len;
-                qemu_cond_signal(&decomp_param[idx].cond);
-                qemu_mutex_unlock(&decomp_param[idx].mutex);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (idx < thread_count) {
-            break;
-        } else {
-            qemu_cond_wait(&decomp_done_cond, &decomp_done_lock);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 static void colo_init_ram_state(void)
 {
     ram_state_init(&ram_state);
@@ -3969,10 +3558,6 @@ void colo_release_ram_cache(void)
  */
 static int ram_load_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
 {
-    if (compress_threads_load_setup(f)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     xbzrle_load_setup();
     ramblock_recv_map_init();
 
@@ -3988,7 +3573,6 @@ static int ram_load_cleanup(void *opaque)
     }
 
     xbzrle_load_cleanup();
-    compress_threads_load_cleanup();
 
     RAMBLOCK_FOREACH_NOT_IGNORED(rb) {
         g_free(rb->receivedmap);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
index be73ec3c06..8a5df84624 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
@@ -406,6 +406,41 @@ static void migrate_set_parameter_str(QTestState *who, const char *parameter,
     migrate_check_parameter_str(who, parameter, value);
 }
 
+static long long migrate_get_parameter_bool(QTestState *who,
+                                           const char *parameter)
+{
+    QDict *rsp;
+    int result;
+
+    rsp = wait_command(who, "{ 'execute': 'query-migrate-parameters' }");
+    result = qdict_get_bool(rsp, parameter);
+    qobject_unref(rsp);
+    return !!result;
+}
+
+static void migrate_check_parameter_bool(QTestState *who, const char *parameter,
+                                        int value)
+{
+    int result;
+
+    result = migrate_get_parameter_bool(who, parameter);
+    g_assert_cmpint(result, ==, value);
+}
+
+static void migrate_set_parameter_bool(QTestState *who, const char *parameter,
+                                      int value)
+{
+    QDict *rsp;
+
+    rsp = qtest_qmp(who,
+                    "{ 'execute': 'migrate-set-parameters',"
+                    "'arguments': { %s: %i } }",
+                    parameter, value);
+    g_assert(qdict_haskey(rsp, "return"));
+    qobject_unref(rsp);
+    migrate_check_parameter_bool(who, parameter, value);
+}
+
 static void migrate_ensure_non_converge(QTestState *who)
 {
     /* Can't converge with 1ms downtime + 3 mbs bandwidth limit */
@@ -1092,6 +1127,36 @@ test_migrate_tls_x509_finish(QTestState *from,
 #endif /* CONFIG_TASN1 */
 #endif /* CONFIG_GNUTLS */
 
+static void *
+test_migrate_compress_start(QTestState *from,
+                            QTestState *to)
+{
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "compress-level", 1);
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "compress-threads", 4);
+    migrate_set_parameter_bool(from, "compress-wait-thread", true);
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(to, "decompress-threads", 4);
+
+    migrate_set_capability(from, "compress", true);
+    migrate_set_capability(to, "compress", true);
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void *
+test_migrate_compress_nowait_start(QTestState *from,
+                                   QTestState *to)
+{
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "compress-level", 9);
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "compress-threads", 1);
+    migrate_set_parameter_bool(from, "compress-wait-thread", false);
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(to, "decompress-threads", 1);
+
+    migrate_set_capability(from, "compress", true);
+    migrate_set_capability(to, "compress", true);
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static int migrate_postcopy_prepare(QTestState **from_ptr,
                                     QTestState **to_ptr,
                                     MigrateCommon *args)
@@ -1169,6 +1234,15 @@ static void test_postcopy(void)
     test_postcopy_common(&args);
 }
 
+static void test_postcopy_compress(void)
+{
+    MigrateCommon args = {
+        .start_hook = test_migrate_compress_start
+    };
+
+    test_postcopy_common(&args);
+}
+
 static void test_postcopy_preempt(void)
 {
     MigrateCommon args = {
@@ -1270,6 +1344,15 @@ static void test_postcopy_recovery(void)
     test_postcopy_recovery_common(&args);
 }
 
+static void test_postcopy_recovery_compress(void)
+{
+    MigrateCommon args = {
+        .start_hook = test_migrate_compress_start
+    };
+
+    test_postcopy_recovery_common(&args);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_GNUTLS
 static void test_postcopy_recovery_tls_psk(void)
 {
@@ -1303,6 +1386,7 @@ static void test_postcopy_preempt_all(void)
 
     test_postcopy_recovery_common(&args);
 }
+
 #endif
 
 static void test_baddest(void)
@@ -1524,6 +1608,40 @@ static void test_precopy_unix_xbzrle(void)
     test_precopy_common(&args);
 }
 
+static void test_precopy_unix_compress(void)
+{
+    g_autofree char *uri = g_strdup_printf("unix:%s/migsocket", tmpfs);
+    MigrateCommon args = {
+        .connect_uri = uri,
+        .listen_uri = uri,
+        .start_hook = test_migrate_compress_start,
+        /*
+         * Test that no invalid thread state is left over from
+         * the previous iteration.
+         */
+        .iterations = 2,
+    };
+
+    test_precopy_common(&args);
+}
+
+static void test_precopy_unix_compress_nowait(void)
+{
+    g_autofree char *uri = g_strdup_printf("unix:%s/migsocket", tmpfs);
+    MigrateCommon args = {
+        .connect_uri = uri,
+        .listen_uri = uri,
+        .start_hook = test_migrate_compress_nowait_start,
+        /*
+         * Test that no invalid thread state is left over from
+         * the previous iteration.
+         */
+        .iterations = 2,
+    };
+
+    test_precopy_common(&args);
+}
+
 static void test_precopy_tcp_plain(void)
 {
     MigrateCommon args = {
@@ -2532,11 +2650,27 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/preempt/plain", test_postcopy_preempt);
         qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/preempt/recovery/plain",
                        test_postcopy_preempt_recovery);
+        if (getenv("QEMU_TEST_FLAKY_TESTS")) {
+            qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/compress/plain",
+                           test_postcopy_compress);
+            qtest_add_func("/migration/postcopy/recovery/compress/plain",
+                           test_postcopy_recovery_compress);
+        }
     }
 
     qtest_add_func("/migration/bad_dest", test_baddest);
     qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/unix/plain", test_precopy_unix_plain);
     qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/unix/xbzrle", test_precopy_unix_xbzrle);
+    /*
+     * Compression fails from time to time.
+     * Put test here but don't enable it until everything is fixed.
+     */
+    if (getenv("QEMU_TEST_FLAKY_TESTS")) {
+        qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/unix/compress/wait",
+                       test_precopy_unix_compress);
+        qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/unix/compress/nowait",
+                       test_precopy_unix_compress_nowait);
+    }
 #ifdef CONFIG_GNUTLS
     qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/unix/tls/psk",
                    test_precopy_unix_tls_psk);