diff --git a/migration/migration-stats.c b/migration/migration-stats.c
index 4cc989d975..1d9197b4c3 100644
--- a/migration/migration-stats.c
+++ b/migration/migration-stats.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ uint64_t migration_transferred_bytes(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     uint64_t multifd = stat64_get(&mig_stats.multifd_bytes);
     uint64_t rdma = stat64_get(&mig_stats.rdma_bytes);
-    uint64_t qemu_file = qemu_file_transferred(f);
+    uint64_t qemu_file = stat64_get(&mig_stats.qemu_file_transferred);
 
     trace_migration_transferred_bytes(qemu_file, multifd, rdma);
     return qemu_file + multifd + rdma;