diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 2d1aa9ebd81411d5487a80311b76b2c0a6d25819..fe76d5568b9f4d495beaa37364f996a0825f7bc5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -3481,6 +3481,10 @@ doCoreDump(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                              "memory-only dump"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
+
+        if (!qemuMigrationIsAllowed(driver, vm, vm->def, false, false))
+            goto cleanup;
+
         ret = qemuMigrationToFile(driver, vm, fd, 0, path,
                                   qemuCompressProgramName(compress), false,
                                   QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_DUMP);