diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index 94a0124934..44163e4e28 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ static void multifd_send_fill_packet(MultiFDSendParams *p)
 
     p->packets_sent++;
     p->total_normal_pages += pages->num;
+
+    trace_multifd_send(p->id, p->packet_num, pages->num, p->flags,
+                       p->next_packet_size);
 }
 
 static int multifd_recv_unfill_packet(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
@@ -341,6 +344,9 @@ static int multifd_recv_unfill_packet(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
     p->packets_recved++;
     p->total_normal_pages += p->normal_num;
 
+    trace_multifd_recv(p->id, p->packet_num, p->normal_num, p->flags,
+                       p->next_packet_size);
+
     if (p->normal_num == 0) {
         return 0;
     }
@@ -704,7 +710,6 @@ static void *multifd_send_thread(void *opaque)
         qemu_mutex_lock(&p->mutex);
 
         if (qatomic_read(&p->pending_job)) {
-            uint64_t packet_num = p->packet_num;
             MultiFDPages_t *pages = p->pages;
 
             if (use_zero_copy_send) {
@@ -722,8 +727,6 @@ static void *multifd_send_thread(void *opaque)
             }
 
             multifd_send_fill_packet(p);
-            trace_multifd_send(p->id, packet_num, pages->num, p->flags,
-                               p->next_packet_size);
 
             if (use_zero_copy_send) {
                 /* Send header first, without zerocopy */
@@ -1123,8 +1126,6 @@ static void *multifd_recv_thread(void *opaque)
         flags = p->flags;
         /* recv methods don't know how to handle the SYNC flag */
         p->flags &= ~MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC;
-        trace_multifd_recv(p->id, p->packet_num, p->normal_num, flags,
-                           p->next_packet_size);
         qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
 
         if (p->normal_num) {