diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 96c641283bca905f2112f2ee3ff31830d6579c07..e7e6cf386f7ff8c595a6cf334c9d945a2d567079 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "exec/target_page.h"
 #include "io/channel-buffer.h"
 #include "migration/colo.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 
 #define MAX_THROTTLE  (32 << 20)      /* Migration transfer speed throttling */
 
@@ -102,9 +103,20 @@ static MigrationState *current_migration;
 
 void migration_object_init(void)
 {
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+
     /* This can only be called once. */
     assert(!current_migration);
     current_migration = MIGRATION_OBJ(object_new(TYPE_MIGRATION));
+
+    /*
+     * We cannot really do this in migration_instance_init() since at
+     * that time global properties are not yet applied, then this
+     * value will be definitely replaced by something else.
+     */
+    if (ms->enforce_config_section) {
+        current_migration->send_configuration = true;
+    }
 }
 
 /* For outgoing */
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 7b39fb9a81aafb279e66e704cca7024f1a5eb961..be3f88511914e0e03636eb067dc88537cea9810e 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -943,20 +943,13 @@ bool qemu_savevm_state_blocked(Error **errp)
     return false;
 }
 
-static bool enforce_config_section(void)
-{
-    MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
-    return machine->enforce_config_section;
-}
-
 void qemu_savevm_state_header(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     trace_savevm_state_header();
     qemu_put_be32(f, QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC);
     qemu_put_be32(f, QEMU_VM_FILE_VERSION);
 
-    if (migrate_get_current()->send_configuration ||
-        enforce_config_section()) {
+    if (migrate_get_current()->send_configuration) {
         qemu_put_byte(f, QEMU_VM_CONFIGURATION);
         vmstate_save_state(f, &vmstate_configuration, &savevm_state, 0);
     }
@@ -1980,8 +1973,7 @@ int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f)
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
 
-    if (migrate_get_current()->send_configuration ||
-        enforce_config_section()) {
+    if (migrate_get_current()->send_configuration) {
         if (qemu_get_byte(f) != QEMU_VM_CONFIGURATION) {
             error_report("Configuration section missing");
             return -EINVAL;