diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index e498fdb125..79fa1f6619 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -435,12 +435,6 @@ static int colo_do_checkpoint_transaction(MigrationState *s,
     if (failover_get_state() != FAILOVER_STATUS_NONE) {
         goto out;
     }
-
-    /* Disable block migration */
-    migrate_set_block_enabled(false, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        goto out;
-    }
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REPLICATION
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 393299e150..4828997f63 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -2217,6 +2217,10 @@ static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool blk, bool blk_inc,
     }
 
     if (blk || blk_inc) {
+        if (migrate_colo_enabled()) {
+            error_setg(errp, "No disk migration is required in COLO mode");
+            return false;
+        }
         if (migrate_use_block() || migrate_use_block_incremental()) {
             error_setg(errp, "Command options are incompatible with "
                        "current migration capabilities");