diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index b5f8703574ca7194f8c73040ca40a1824f01a0b4..b27581eae0f01ff94f4be55f983c965e87df812c 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -4491,11 +4491,8 @@ libxlDomainMigratePerform3Params(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (libxlDomainMigrationPerform(driver, vm, dom_xml, dconnuri,
-                                    uri, dname, flags) < 0) {
-        /* Job terminated and vm unlocked if MigrationPerform failed */
-        vm = NULL;
+                                    uri, dname, flags) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
-    }
 
     ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
index 334aa85a86cd342c60c4cdc284caf7756fd3d9d9..ce3f9d58032ecd797c55d0f4c3e9332803123aca 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ libxlDomainMigrationBegin(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     xml = virDomainDefFormat(def, VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE);
 
+ endjob:
+    if (!libxlDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm))
+        vm = NULL;
+
  cleanup:
     if (vm)
         virObjectUnlock(vm);
@@ -222,11 +226,6 @@ libxlDomainMigrationBegin(virConnectPtr conn,
     virDomainDefFree(tmpdef);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return xml;
-
- endjob:
-    if (!libxlDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm))
-        vm = NULL;
-    goto cleanup;
 }
 
 virDomainDefPtr
@@ -468,11 +467,6 @@ libxlDomainMigrationPerform(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
     virObjectLock(vm);
 
  cleanup:
-    /* If failure, terminate the job started in MigrationBegin */
-    if (ret == -1) {
-        if (libxlDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm))
-            virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    }
     VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(sockfd);
     virURIFree(uri);
     return ret;
@@ -578,8 +572,6 @@ libxlDomainMigrationConfirm(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
-    if (!libxlDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm))
-        vm = NULL;
     if (event)
         libxlDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     if (vm)