diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 3dea06d577..ae2be31557 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ void migration_incoming_state_destroy(void)
     struct MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
     multifd_recv_cleanup();
+    /*
+     * RAM state cleanup needs to happen after multifd cleanup, because
+     * multifd threads can use some of its states (receivedmap).
+     */
+    qemu_loadvm_state_cleanup();
 
     if (mis->to_src_file) {
         /* Tell source that we are done */
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index d0759694fd..7e1e27182a 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -2979,7 +2979,10 @@ int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f)
     trace_qemu_loadvm_state_post_main(ret);
 
     if (mis->have_listen_thread) {
-        /* Listen thread still going, can't clean up yet */
+        /*
+         * Postcopy listen thread still going, don't synchronize the
+         * cpus yet.
+         */
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -3022,7 +3025,6 @@ int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f)
         }
     }
 
-    qemu_loadvm_state_cleanup();
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_init();
 
     return ret;