diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
index d7a380e4addc9a28c269995e4136b3dc8a2fe2fb..b5d8edfcb75b20948e36f729750dddcd2e327e2f 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
@@ -515,6 +515,11 @@ libxlDomainMigrationFinish(virConnectPtr dconn,
     if (virDomainSaveStatus(driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir, vm) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (event) {
+        libxlDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        event = NULL;
+    }
+
     dom = virGetDomain(dconn, vm->def->name, vm->def->uuid);
 
     if (dom == NULL) {