diff --git a/migration/channel.c b/migration/channel.c
index 716192bf75..33e0e9b82f 100644
--- a/migration/channel.c
+++ b/migration/channel.c
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ void migration_channel_connect(MigrationState *s,
             !object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(ioc),
                                  TYPE_QIO_CHANNEL_TLS)) {
             migration_tls_channel_connect(s, ioc, hostname, &error);
+
+            if (!error) {
+                /* tls_channel_connect will call back to this
+                 * function after the TLS handshake,
+                 * so we mustn't call migrate_fd_connect until then
+                 */
+
+                return;
+            }
         } else {
             QEMUFile *f = qemu_fopen_channel_output(ioc);