diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index e2a5a832c65dca53711db6c001523cac9c598990..913f658c3e82e11a3cfc61f396ff717d27fabfa1 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -205,17 +205,35 @@ static void deferred_incoming_migration(Error **errp)
  * Send a message on the return channel back to the source
  * of the migration.
  */
-static void migrate_send_rp_message(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
-                                    enum mig_rp_message_type message_type,
-                                    uint16_t len, void *data)
+static int migrate_send_rp_message(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
+                                   enum mig_rp_message_type message_type,
+                                   uint16_t len, void *data)
 {
+    int ret = 0;
+
     trace_migrate_send_rp_message((int)message_type, len);
     qemu_mutex_lock(&mis->rp_mutex);
+
+    /*
+     * It's possible that the file handle got lost due to network
+     * failures.
+     */
+    if (!mis->to_src_file) {
+        ret = -EIO;
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     qemu_put_be16(mis->to_src_file, (unsigned int)message_type);
     qemu_put_be16(mis->to_src_file, len);
     qemu_put_buffer(mis->to_src_file, data, len);
     qemu_fflush(mis->to_src_file);
+
+    /* It's possible that qemu file got error during sending */
+    ret = qemu_file_get_error(mis->to_src_file);
+
+error:
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&mis->rp_mutex);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 /* Request a range of pages from the source VM at the given
@@ -225,11 +243,12 @@ static void migrate_send_rp_message(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
  *   Start: Address offset within the RB
  *   Len: Length in bytes required - must be a multiple of pagesize
  */
-void migrate_send_rp_req_pages(MigrationIncomingState *mis, const char *rbname,
-                               ram_addr_t start, size_t len)
+int migrate_send_rp_req_pages(MigrationIncomingState *mis, const char *rbname,
+                              ram_addr_t start, size_t len)
 {
     uint8_t bufc[12 + 1 + 255]; /* start (8), len (4), rbname up to 256 */
     size_t msglen = 12; /* start + len */
+    enum mig_rp_message_type msg_type;
 
     *(uint64_t *)bufc = cpu_to_be64((uint64_t)start);
     *(uint32_t *)(bufc + 8) = cpu_to_be32((uint32_t)len);
@@ -241,10 +260,12 @@ void migrate_send_rp_req_pages(MigrationIncomingState *mis, const char *rbname,
         bufc[msglen++] = rbname_len;
         memcpy(bufc + msglen, rbname, rbname_len);
         msglen += rbname_len;
-        migrate_send_rp_message(mis, MIG_RP_MSG_REQ_PAGES_ID, msglen, bufc);
+        msg_type = MIG_RP_MSG_REQ_PAGES_ID;
     } else {
-        migrate_send_rp_message(mis, MIG_RP_MSG_REQ_PAGES, msglen, bufc);
+        msg_type = MIG_RP_MSG_REQ_PAGES;
     }
+
+    return migrate_send_rp_message(mis, msg_type, msglen, bufc);
 }
 
 void qemu_start_incoming_migration(const char *uri, Error **errp)
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 75c72d3c8f5028f7999f2cdf68673e68b84dcf3f..f515b8994fdac71bf3983a0be3e271a6fc7c1789 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void migrate_send_rp_shut(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
                           uint32_t value);
 void migrate_send_rp_pong(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
                           uint32_t value);
-void migrate_send_rp_req_pages(MigrationIncomingState *mis, const char* rbname,
+int migrate_send_rp_req_pages(MigrationIncomingState *mis, const char* rbname,
                               ram_addr_t start, size_t len);
 
 #endif