diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 4ba6c8912a..72802d6133 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -131,6 +131,17 @@ static void migration_downtime_end(MigrationState *s)
     }
 }
 
+static void precopy_notify_complete(void)
+{
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    if (precopy_notify(PRECOPY_NOTIFY_COMPLETE, &local_err)) {
+        error_report_err(local_err);
+    }
+
+    trace_migration_precopy_complete();
+}
+
 static bool migration_needs_multiple_sockets(void)
 {
     return migrate_multifd() || migrate_postcopy_preempt();
@@ -2676,6 +2687,8 @@ static int postcopy_start(MigrationState *ms, Error **errp)
     /* Switchover phase, switch to unlimited */
     migration_rate_set(RATE_LIMIT_DISABLED);
 
+    precopy_notify_complete();
+
     /*
      * Cause any non-postcopiable, but iterative devices to
      * send out their final data.
@@ -2865,6 +2878,8 @@ static int migration_completion_precopy(MigrationState *s)
 
     migration_rate_set(RATE_LIMIT_DISABLED);
 
+    precopy_notify_complete();
+
     ret = qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy(s->to_dst_file, false);
 out_unlock:
     bql_unlock();
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 92e77ca92b..9aef2fa3c9 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -1578,15 +1578,8 @@ int qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy_non_iterable(QEMUFile *f,
 int qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy(QEMUFile *f, bool iterable_only)
 {
     int ret;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool in_postcopy = migration_in_postcopy();
 
-    if (precopy_notify(PRECOPY_NOTIFY_COMPLETE, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
-    }
-
-    trace_savevm_state_complete_precopy();
-
     if (!in_postcopy || iterable_only) {
         ret = qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy_iterable(f, in_postcopy);
         if (ret) {
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index e03a914afb..12b262f8ee 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ savevm_state_resume_prepare(void) ""
 savevm_state_header(void) ""
 savevm_state_iterate(void) ""
 savevm_state_cleanup(void) ""
-savevm_state_complete_precopy(void) ""
 vmstate_save(const char *idstr, const char *vmsd_name) "%s, %s"
 vmstate_load(const char *idstr, const char *vmsd_name) "%s, %s"
 vmstate_downtime_save(const char *type, const char *idstr, uint32_t instance_id, int64_t downtime) "type=%s idstr=%s instance_id=%d downtime=%"PRIi64
@@ -195,6 +194,7 @@ migrate_transferred(uint64_t transferred, uint64_t time_spent, uint64_t bandwidt
 process_incoming_migration_co_end(int ret, int ps) "ret=%d postcopy-state=%d"
 process_incoming_migration_co_postcopy_end_main(void) ""
 postcopy_preempt_enabled(bool value) "%d"
+migration_precopy_complete(void) ""
 
 # migration-stats
 migration_transferred_bytes(uint64_t qemu_file, uint64_t multifd, uint64_t rdma) "qemu_file %" PRIu64 " multifd %" PRIu64 " RDMA %" PRIu64