diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
index f215f44467..a330ef9c7f 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-visit-sockets.h"
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 
 #include "migration-helpers.h"
 
@@ -48,6 +50,37 @@ static char *SocketAddress_to_str(SocketAddress *addr)
     }
 }
 
+static QDict *SocketAddress_to_qdict(SocketAddress *addr)
+{
+    QDict *dict = qdict_new();
+
+    switch (addr->type) {
+    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET:
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "type", "inet");
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "host", addr->u.inet.host);
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "port", addr->u.inet.port);
+        break;
+    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_UNIX:
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "type", "unix");
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "path", addr->u.q_unix.path);
+        break;
+    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_FD:
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "type", "fd");
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "str", addr->u.fd.str);
+        break;
+    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_VSOCK:
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "type", "vsock");
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "cid", addr->u.vsock.cid);
+        qdict_put_str(dict, "port", addr->u.vsock.port);
+        break;
+    default:
+        g_assert_not_reached();
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return dict;
+}
+
 static SocketAddress *migrate_get_socket_address(QTestState *who)
 {
     QDict *rsp;
@@ -81,6 +114,46 @@ migrate_get_connect_uri(QTestState *who)
     return connect_uri;
 }
 
+static QDict *
+migrate_get_connect_qdict(QTestState *who)
+{
+    SocketAddress *addrs;
+    QDict *connect_qdict;
+
+    addrs = migrate_get_socket_address(who);
+    connect_qdict = SocketAddress_to_qdict(addrs);
+
+    qapi_free_SocketAddress(addrs);
+    return connect_qdict;
+}
+
+static void migrate_set_ports(QTestState *to, QList *channel_list)
+{
+    QDict *addr;
+    QListEntry *entry;
+    const char *addr_port = NULL;
+
+    if (channel_list == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    addr = migrate_get_connect_qdict(to);
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(channel_list, entry) {
+        QDict *channel = qobject_to(QDict, qlist_entry_obj(entry));
+        QDict *addrdict = qdict_get_qdict(channel, "addr");
+
+        if (qdict_haskey(addrdict, "port") &&
+            qdict_haskey(addr, "port") &&
+            (strcmp(qdict_get_str(addrdict, "port"), "0") == 0)) {
+                addr_port = qdict_get_str(addr, "port");
+                qdict_put_str(addrdict, "port", g_strdup(addr_port));
+        }
+    }
+
+    qobject_unref(addr);
+}
+
 bool migrate_watch_for_events(QTestState *who, const char *name,
                               QDict *event, void *opaque)
 {
@@ -139,6 +212,7 @@ void migrate_qmp(QTestState *who, QTestState *to, const char *uri,
 {
     va_list ap;
     QDict *args;
+    QList *channel_list = NULL;
     g_autofree char *connect_uri = NULL;
 
     va_start(ap, fmt);
@@ -149,6 +223,7 @@ void migrate_qmp(QTestState *who, QTestState *to, const char *uri,
     if (!uri) {
         connect_uri = migrate_get_connect_uri(to);
     }
+    migrate_set_ports(to, channel_list);
     qdict_put_str(args, "uri", uri ? uri : connect_uri);
 
     qtest_qmp_assert_success(who,