diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 131f1643b2a45a3b315a000ed17d9ac1b3d830c3..25bf67f3cc98f0d07df79aef9b2af2483add8024 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
         if (!(hdev->features & (0x1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL))) {
             error_setg(&hdev->migration_blocker,
                        "Migration disabled: vhost lacks VHOST_F_LOG_ALL feature.");
-        } else if (!qemu_memfd_check()) {
+        } else if (vhost_dev_log_is_shared(hdev) && !qemu_memfd_check()) {
             error_setg(&hdev->migration_blocker,
                        "Migration disabled: failed to allocate shared memory");
         }