diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index eb2f883513..197d3faa43 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@
 #
 ##
 { 'command': 'migrate',
-  'data': {'uri': 'str',
+  'data': {'*uri': 'str',
            '*channels': [ 'MigrationChannel' ],
            '*blk': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
            '*inc': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },