diff --git a/include/migration/misc.h b/include/migration/misc.h
index e26d418a6e..1cd6cfd7f7 100644
--- a/include/migration/misc.h
+++ b/include/migration/misc.h
@@ -59,10 +59,22 @@ void migration_shutdown(void);
 bool migration_is_running(void);
 bool migration_thread_is_self(void);
 
+/*
+ * Notifiers may receive events in any of the following orders:
+ *
+ *    - MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_SETUP [-> MIG_EVENT_POSTCOPY_START]
+ *      -> MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_DONE
+ *
+ *    - MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_SETUP [-> MIG_EVENT_POSTCOPY_START]
+ *      -> MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_FAILED
+ *
+ *    - MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_FAILED
+ */
 typedef enum MigrationEventType {
     MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_SETUP,
     MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_DONE,
     MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_FAILED,
+    MIG_EVENT_POSTCOPY_START,
     MIG_EVENT_MAX
 } MigrationEventType;
 
@@ -81,10 +93,6 @@ typedef int (*MigrationNotifyFunc)(NotifierWithReturn *notify,
 /*
  * Register the notifier @notify to be called when a migration event occurs
  * for MIG_MODE_NORMAL, as specified by the MigrationEvent passed to @func.
- * Notifiers may receive events in any of the following orders:
- *    - MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_SETUP -> MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_DONE
- *    - MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_SETUP -> MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_FAILED
- *    - MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_FAILED
  */
 void migration_add_notifier(NotifierWithReturn *notify,
                             MigrationNotifyFunc func);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 341b9be80e..bd24006c1a 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ static int postcopy_start(MigrationState *ms, Error **errp)
      * at the transition to postcopy and after the device state; in particular
      * spice needs to trigger a transition now
      */
-    migration_call_notifiers(MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_DONE, NULL);
+    migration_call_notifiers(MIG_EVENT_POSTCOPY_START, NULL);
 
     migration_downtime_end(ms);
 
@@ -2640,7 +2640,6 @@ fail:
         migrate_set_state(&ms->state, ms->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_FAILED);
     }
     migration_block_activate(NULL);
-    migration_call_notifiers(MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_FAILED, NULL);
     bql_unlock();
     return -1;
 }
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index 8a6050f4ae..ce3c2954e3 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ static int migration_state_notifier(NotifierWithReturn *notifier,
 
     if (e->type == MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_SETUP) {
         spice_server_migrate_start(spice_server);
-    } else if (e->type == MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_DONE) {
+    } else if (e->type == MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_DONE ||
+               e->type == MIG_EVENT_POSTCOPY_START) {
         spice_server_migrate_end(spice_server, true);
         spice_have_target_host = false;
     } else if (e->type == MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_FAILED) {