diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index 7031dd4250..0ba6d48120 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,8 @@ static void kvm_set_phys_mem(KVMMemoryListener *kml,
                 goto out;
             }
             if (mem->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) {
-                kvm_physical_sync_dirty_bitmap(kml, section);
+                kvm_slot_get_dirty_log(kvm_state, mem);
+                kvm_slot_sync_dirty_pages(mem);
             }
 
             /* unregister the slot */