diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 763dc0e30694c2a6ff6a04f05436cf8c2325798e..4bd40717877c7ba2ffce51e3ba9687ae56674e1d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12992,9 +12992,16 @@ qemuDomainGetJobStatsInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (!priv->job.current || !priv->job.current->stats.status)
         fetch = false;
 
-    if (fetch &&
-        qemuDomainObjBeginJob(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_QUERY) < 0)
-        return -1;
+    if (fetch) {
+        if (priv->job.asyncJob == QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_MIGRATION_IN) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                           _("migration statistics are available only on "
+                             "the source host"));
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (qemuDomainObjBeginJob(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_QUERY) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
 
     if (!completed &&
         !virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {