diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index cedbeae48d5a0f416e18f5af027be19ed04b7466..88ca69e7b2e62d4c74cea2894f3a9145e7f4a8ff 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -2276,8 +2276,12 @@ static void ram_save_pending(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, uint64_t max_size,
         remaining_size = rs->migration_dirty_pages * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
     }
 
-    /* We can do postcopy, and all the data is postcopiable */
-    *postcopiable_pending += remaining_size;
+    if (migrate_postcopy_ram()) {
+        /* We can do postcopy, and all the data is postcopiable */
+        *postcopiable_pending += remaining_size;
+    } else {
+        *non_postcopiable_pending += remaining_size;
+    }
 }
 
 static int load_xbzrle(QEMUFile *f, ram_addr_t addr, void *host)