diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 800b714c0436c3c6ec25993821574e4d818bd85e..d7b27a0a1b77c0f3641d182edf90aabf9c7082d3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -2552,7 +2552,8 @@ qemuMigrationFinish(struct qemud_driver *driver,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED_MIGRATED);
         if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) == VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED) {
             virDomainObjSetState(vm, VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED, VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_USER);
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+            if (event)
+                qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
             event = virDomainEventNewFromObj(vm,
                                              VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,
                                              VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_PAUSED);