diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index e27c88be6d..58c0ce8971 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -2791,17 +2791,6 @@ static void vfio_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!pdev->failover_pair_id) {
-        error_setg(&vdev->migration_blocker,
-                "VFIO device doesn't support migration");
-        ret = migrate_add_blocker(vdev->migration_blocker, errp);
-        if (ret) {
-            error_free(vdev->migration_blocker);
-            vdev->migration_blocker = NULL;
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     vdev->vbasedev.name = g_path_get_basename(vdev->vbasedev.sysfsdev);
     vdev->vbasedev.ops = &vfio_pci_ops;
     vdev->vbasedev.type = VFIO_DEVICE_TYPE_PCI;
@@ -3069,6 +3058,13 @@ static void vfio_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
         }
     }
 
+    if (!pdev->failover_pair_id) {
+        ret = vfio_migration_probe(&vdev->vbasedev, errp);
+        if (ret) {
+            error_report("%s: Migration disabled", vdev->vbasedev.name);
+        }
+    }
+
     vfio_register_err_notifier(vdev);
     vfio_register_req_notifier(vdev);
     vfio_setup_resetfn_quirk(vdev);
@@ -3083,11 +3079,6 @@ out_teardown:
     vfio_bars_exit(vdev);
 error:
     error_prepend(errp, VFIO_MSG_PREFIX, vdev->vbasedev.name);
-    if (vdev->migration_blocker) {
-        migrate_del_blocker(vdev->migration_blocker);
-        error_free(vdev->migration_blocker);
-        vdev->migration_blocker = NULL;
-    }
 }
 
 static void vfio_instance_finalize(Object *obj)
@@ -3099,10 +3090,6 @@ static void vfio_instance_finalize(Object *obj)
     vfio_bars_finalize(vdev);
     g_free(vdev->emulated_config_bits);
     g_free(vdev->rom);
-    if (vdev->migration_blocker) {
-        migrate_del_blocker(vdev->migration_blocker);
-        error_free(vdev->migration_blocker);
-    }
     /*
      * XXX Leaking igd_opregion is not an oversight, we can't remove the
      * fw_cfg entry therefore leaking this allocation seems like the safest
@@ -3130,6 +3117,7 @@ static void vfio_exitfn(PCIDevice *pdev)
     }
     vfio_teardown_msi(vdev);
     vfio_bars_exit(vdev);
+    vfio_migration_finalize(&vdev->vbasedev);
 }
 
 static void vfio_pci_reset(DeviceState *dev)
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.h b/hw/vfio/pci.h
index bce71a9ac9..1574ef983f 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.h
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ struct VFIOPCIDevice {
     bool no_vfio_ioeventfd;
     bool enable_ramfb;
     VFIODisplay *dpy;
-    Error *migration_blocker;
     Notifier irqchip_change_notifier;
 };