diff --git a/hw/hw.h b/hw/hw.h
index 73f2f43281..f3cc98171a 100644
--- a/hw/hw.h
+++ b/hw/hw.h
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ struct VMStateDescription {
     int minimum_version_id;
     int minimum_version_id_old;
     LoadStateHandler *load_state_old;
+    int (*run_after_load)(void *opaque);
     VMStateField *fields;
 };
 
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index d953c4af79..2b4054a123 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@ int vmstate_load_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
         }
         field++;
     }
+    if (vmsd->run_after_load)
+        return vmsd->run_after_load(opaque);
     return 0;
 }