diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
index 83512bce85..8c35f3457b 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
@@ -2664,6 +2664,13 @@ static void *
 test_migrate_precopy_tcp_multifd_zlib_start(QTestState *from,
                                             QTestState *to)
 {
+    /*
+     * Overloading this test to also check that set_parameter does not error.
+     * This is also done in the tests for the other compression methods.
+     */
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "multifd-zlib-level", 2);
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(to, "multifd-zlib-level", 2);
+
     return test_migrate_precopy_tcp_multifd_start_common(from, to, "zlib");
 }
 
@@ -2672,6 +2679,9 @@ static void *
 test_migrate_precopy_tcp_multifd_zstd_start(QTestState *from,
                                             QTestState *to)
 {
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "multifd-zstd-level", 2);
+    migrate_set_parameter_int(to, "multifd-zstd-level", 2);
+
     return test_migrate_precopy_tcp_multifd_start_common(from, to, "zstd");
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_ZSTD */