diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 22e8586623..45fc5be93a 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -3470,7 +3470,6 @@ static void migration_instance_finalize(Object *obj)
 static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
     MigrationState *ms = MIGRATION_OBJ(obj);
-    MigrationParameters *params = &ms->parameters;
 
     ms->state = MIGRATION_STATUS_NONE;
     ms->mbps = -1;
@@ -3478,33 +3477,7 @@ static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
     qemu_sem_init(&ms->pause_sem, 0);
     qemu_mutex_init(&ms->error_mutex);
 
-    params->tls_hostname = g_strdup("");
-    params->tls_creds = g_strdup("");
-
-    /* Set has_* up only for parameter checks */
-    params->has_compress_level = true;
-    params->has_compress_threads = true;
-    params->has_compress_wait_thread = true;
-    params->has_decompress_threads = true;
-    params->has_throttle_trigger_threshold = true;
-    params->has_cpu_throttle_initial = true;
-    params->has_cpu_throttle_increment = true;
-    params->has_cpu_throttle_tailslow = true;
-    params->has_max_bandwidth = true;
-    params->has_downtime_limit = true;
-    params->has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
-    params->has_block_incremental = true;
-    params->has_multifd_channels = true;
-    params->has_multifd_compression = true;
-    params->has_multifd_zlib_level = true;
-    params->has_multifd_zstd_level = true;
-    params->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
-    params->has_max_postcopy_bandwidth = true;
-    params->has_max_cpu_throttle = true;
-    params->has_announce_initial = true;
-    params->has_announce_max = true;
-    params->has_announce_rounds = true;
-    params->has_announce_step = true;
+    migrate_params_init(&ms->parameters);
 
     qemu_sem_init(&ms->postcopy_pause_sem, 0);
     qemu_sem_init(&ms->postcopy_pause_rp_sem, 0);
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index c6030587cf..552e8d8e5c 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -741,6 +741,37 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     return params;
 }
 
+void migrate_params_init(MigrationParameters *params)
+{
+    params->tls_hostname = g_strdup("");
+    params->tls_creds = g_strdup("");
+
+    /* Set has_* up only for parameter checks */
+    params->has_compress_level = true;
+    params->has_compress_threads = true;
+    params->has_compress_wait_thread = true;
+    params->has_decompress_threads = true;
+    params->has_throttle_trigger_threshold = true;
+    params->has_cpu_throttle_initial = true;
+    params->has_cpu_throttle_increment = true;
+    params->has_cpu_throttle_tailslow = true;
+    params->has_max_bandwidth = true;
+    params->has_downtime_limit = true;
+    params->has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
+    params->has_block_incremental = true;
+    params->has_multifd_channels = true;
+    params->has_multifd_compression = true;
+    params->has_multifd_zlib_level = true;
+    params->has_multifd_zstd_level = true;
+    params->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
+    params->has_max_postcopy_bandwidth = true;
+    params->has_max_cpu_throttle = true;
+    params->has_announce_initial = true;
+    params->has_announce_max = true;
+    params->has_announce_rounds = true;
+    params->has_announce_step = true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check whether the parameters are valid. Error will be put into errp
  * (if provided). Return true if valid, otherwise false.
diff --git a/migration/options.h b/migration/options.h
index 89067e59a0..86bcbb738c 100644
--- a/migration/options.h
+++ b/migration/options.h
@@ -84,5 +84,6 @@ uint64_t migrate_xbzrle_cache_size(void);
 /* parameters helpers */
 
 bool migrate_params_check(MigrationParameters *params, Error **errp);
+void migrate_params_init(MigrationParameters *params);
 
 #endif