diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index d8ea252ee57b265e7cbc6fd0798f0815d659c246..397792820fb0adf53ea7cacdb5f211d307b92dbb 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -3040,8 +3040,6 @@ virDomainMigrateVersion2 (virDomainPtr domain,
      */
     ret = domain->conn->driver->domainMigratePerform
         (domain, cookie, cookielen, uri, flags, dname, bandwidth);
-    if (ret == -1)
-        goto done;
 
     /* In version 2 of the migration protocol, we pass the
      * status code from the sender to the destination host,
diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
index c095a2966db8a1955dfbd78bcfec617a5a345145..b921b71f268121bdda276e742522b93dff2cf620 100644
--- a/src/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
@@ -7031,6 +7031,21 @@ qemudDomainMigratePerform (virDomainPtr dom,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    /* it is also possible that the migrate didn't fail initially, but
+     * rather failed later on.  Check the output of "info migrate"
+     */
+    VIR_FREE(info);
+    if (qemudMonitorCommand(vm, "info migrate", &info) < 0) {
+        qemudReportError (dom->conn, dom, NULL, VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
+                          "%s", _("could not get info about migration"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (strstr(info, "fail") != NULL) {
+        qemudReportError (dom->conn, dom, NULL, VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
+                          _("migrate failed: %s"), info);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
     /* Clean up the source domain. */
     qemudShutdownVMDaemon (dom->conn, driver, vm);
     paused = 0;