diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
index cdc8bc3fba..c2f08e3735 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
@@ -826,8 +826,16 @@ static int uhci_handle_td(UHCIState *s, uint32_t addr, UHCI_TD *td,
     USBEndpoint *ep;
 
     /* Is active ? */
-    if (!(td->ctrl & TD_CTRL_ACTIVE))
+    if (!(td->ctrl & TD_CTRL_ACTIVE)) {
+        /*
+         * ehci11d spec page 22: "Even if the Active bit in the TD is already
+         * cleared when the TD is fetched ... an IOC interrupt is generated"
+         */
+        if (td->ctrl & TD_CTRL_IOC) {
+                *int_mask |= 0x01;
+        }
         return TD_RESULT_NEXT_QH;
+    }
 
     async = uhci_async_find_td(s, addr, td);
     if (async) {
diff --git a/hw/usb/redirect.c b/hw/usb/redirect.c
index b10241a139..2283565b0c 100644
--- a/hw/usb/redirect.c
+++ b/hw/usb/redirect.c
@@ -862,15 +862,11 @@ static void usbredir_chardev_close_bh(void *opaque)
     }
 }
 
-static void usbredir_chardev_open(USBRedirDevice *dev)
+static void usbredir_create_parser(USBRedirDevice *dev)
 {
     uint32_t caps[USB_REDIR_CAPS_SIZE] = { 0, };
     int flags = 0;
 
-    /* Make sure any pending closes are handled (no-op if none pending) */
-    usbredir_chardev_close_bh(dev);
-    qemu_bh_cancel(dev->chardev_close_bh);
-
     DPRINTF("creating usbredirparser\n");
 
     dev->parser = qemu_oom_check(usbredirparser_create());
@@ -982,7 +978,10 @@ static void usbredir_chardev_event(void *opaque, int event)
     switch (event) {
     case CHR_EVENT_OPENED:
         DPRINTF("chardev open\n");
-        usbredir_chardev_open(dev);
+        /* Make sure any pending closes are handled (no-op if none pending) */
+        usbredir_chardev_close_bh(dev);
+        qemu_bh_cancel(dev->chardev_close_bh);
+        usbredir_create_parser(dev);
         break;
     case CHR_EVENT_CLOSED:
         DPRINTF("chardev close\n");
@@ -1615,12 +1614,17 @@ static int usbredir_get_parser(QEMUFile *f, void *priv, size_t unused)
     }
 
     /*
-     * Our chardev should be open already at this point, otherwise
-     * the usbredir channel will be broken (ie spice without seamless)
+     * If our chardev is not open already at this point the usbredir connection
+     * has been broken (non seamless migration, or restore from disk).
+     *
+     * In this case create a temporary parser to receive the migration data,
+     * and schedule the close_bh to report the device as disconnected to the
+     * guest and to destroy the parser again.
      */
     if (dev->parser == NULL) {
-        ERROR("get_parser called with closed chardev, failing migration\n");
-        return -1;
+        WARNING("usb-redir connection broken during migration\n");
+        usbredir_create_parser(dev);
+        qemu_bh_schedule(dev->chardev_close_bh);
     }
 
     data = g_malloc(len);