diff --git a/include/migration/misc.h b/include/migration/misc.h
index 65c7070262d9cf4d5d0375dfefcf6fda3cccc8e4..2d36cf535811965dd8f427540004ce46ac0f08df 100644
--- a/include/migration/misc.h
+++ b/include/migration/misc.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void savevm_skip_section_footers(void);
 void savevm_skip_configuration(void);
 
 /* migration/migration.c */
+void migration_object_init(void);
 void qemu_start_incoming_migration(const char *uri, Error **errp);
 bool migration_is_idle(void);
 void add_migration_state_change_notifier(Notifier *notify);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index f588329f4c1e461fc412dac897842f70fd87c9bd..2c25927cbe598088777b548bdec061e527322706 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -98,32 +98,21 @@ enum mig_rp_message_type {
    migrations at once.  For now we don't need to add
    dynamic creation of migration */
 
+static MigrationState *current_migration;
+
+void migration_object_init(void)
+{
+    /* This can only be called once. */
+    assert(!current_migration);
+    current_migration = MIGRATION_OBJ(object_new(TYPE_MIGRATION));
+}
+
 /* For outgoing */
 MigrationState *migrate_get_current(void)
 {
-    static bool once;
-    static MigrationState current_migration = {
-        .state = MIGRATION_STATUS_NONE,
-        .xbzrle_cache_size = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CACHE_SIZE,
-        .mbps = -1,
-        .parameters = {
-            .compress_level = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_LEVEL,
-            .compress_threads = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT,
-            .decompress_threads = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_DECOMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT,
-            .cpu_throttle_initial = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CPU_THROTTLE_INITIAL,
-            .cpu_throttle_increment = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT,
-            .max_bandwidth = MAX_THROTTLE,
-            .downtime_limit = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_SET_DOWNTIME,
-            .x_checkpoint_delay = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY,
-        },
-    };
-
-    if (!once) {
-        current_migration.parameters.tls_creds = g_strdup("");
-        current_migration.parameters.tls_hostname = g_strdup("");
-        once = true;
-    }
-    return &current_migration;
+    /* This can only be called after the object created. */
+    assert(current_migration);
+    return current_migration;
 }
 
 MigrationIncomingState *migration_incoming_get_current(void)
@@ -1987,3 +1976,46 @@ void migrate_fd_connect(MigrationState *s)
     s->migration_thread_running = true;
 }
 
+static void migration_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    dc->user_creatable = false;
+}
+
+static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    MigrationState *ms = MIGRATION_OBJ(obj);
+
+    ms->state = MIGRATION_STATUS_NONE;
+    ms->xbzrle_cache_size = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CACHE_SIZE;
+    ms->mbps = -1;
+    ms->parameters = (MigrationParameters) {
+        .compress_level = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_LEVEL,
+        .compress_threads = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT,
+        .decompress_threads = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_DECOMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT,
+        .cpu_throttle_initial = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CPU_THROTTLE_INITIAL,
+        .cpu_throttle_increment = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT,
+        .max_bandwidth = MAX_THROTTLE,
+        .downtime_limit = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_SET_DOWNTIME,
+        .x_checkpoint_delay = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY,
+    };
+    ms->parameters.tls_creds = g_strdup("");
+    ms->parameters.tls_hostname = g_strdup("");
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo migration_type = {
+    .name = TYPE_MIGRATION,
+    .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
+    .class_init = migration_class_init,
+    .class_size = sizeof(MigrationClass),
+    .instance_size = sizeof(MigrationState),
+    .instance_init = migration_instance_init,
+};
+
+static void register_migration_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&migration_type);
+}
+
+type_init(register_migration_types);
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index d9a268a3af4319a3afef63d640064cf8e1b982a0..3fca3640b68b2d761e02e9b1a09572679d11d48f 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "qapi-types.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
+#include "hw/qdev.h"
 
 /* State for the incoming migration */
 struct MigrationIncomingState {
@@ -62,8 +63,26 @@ struct MigrationIncomingState {
 MigrationIncomingState *migration_incoming_get_current(void);
 void migration_incoming_state_destroy(void);
 
+#define TYPE_MIGRATION "migration"
+
+#define MIGRATION_CLASS(klass) \
+    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(MigrationClass, (klass), TYPE_MIGRATION)
+#define MIGRATION_OBJ(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(MigrationState, (obj), TYPE_MIGRATION)
+#define MIGRATION_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(MigrationClass, (obj), TYPE_MIGRATION)
+
+typedef struct MigrationClass {
+    /*< private >*/
+    DeviceClass parent_class;
+} MigrationClass;
+
 struct MigrationState
 {
+    /*< private >*/
+    DeviceState parent_obj;
+
+    /*< public >*/
     size_t bytes_xfer;
     size_t xfer_limit;
     QemuThread thread;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c0cdb17ca09b1cf3da1130fca865721c8181be1a..f0a05158cbda0571194fa18cce496175ad8ce002 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4596,6 +4596,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
      */
     register_global_properties(current_machine);
 
+    /*
+     * Migration object can only be created after global properties
+     * are applied correctly.
+     */
+    migration_object_init();
+
     /* This checkpoint is required by replay to separate prior clock
        reading from the other reads, because timer polling functions query
        clock values from the log. */