diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 589b6505eb..424df6d9f1 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1964,6 +1964,11 @@ static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, PageSearchStatus *pss)
     ram_addr_t offset = ((ram_addr_t)pss->page) << TARGET_PAGE_BITS;
     int res;
 
+    /* Hand over to RDMA first */
+    if (control_save_page(pss, offset, &res)) {
+        return res;
+    }
+
     if (!migrate_multifd()
         || migrate_zero_page_detection() == ZERO_PAGE_DETECTION_LEGACY) {
         if (save_zero_page(rs, pss, offset)) {
@@ -1976,10 +1981,6 @@ static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, PageSearchStatus *pss)
         return ram_save_multifd_page(block, offset);
     }
 
-    if (control_save_page(pss, offset, &res)) {
-        return res;
-    }
-
     return ram_save_page(rs, pss);
 }