uint64_t num_packets;
     /* pages sent through this channel */
     uint64_t num_pages;
+    /* syncs main thread and channels */
+    QemuSemaphore sem_sync;
 }  MultiFDSendParams;
 
 typedef struct {
     MultiFDSendParams *params;
     /* array of pages to sent */
     MultiFDPages_t *pages;
-    /* syncs main thread and channels */
-    QemuSemaphore sem_sync;
     /* global number of generated multifd packets */
     uint64_t packet_num;
     /* send channels ready */
         p->c = NULL;
         qemu_mutex_destroy(&p->mutex);
         qemu_sem_destroy(&p->sem);
+        qemu_sem_destroy(&p->sem_sync);
         g_free(p->name);
         p->name = NULL;
         multifd_pages_clear(p->pages);
         p->packet = NULL;
     }
     qemu_sem_destroy(&multifd_send_state->channels_ready);
-    qemu_sem_destroy(&multifd_send_state->sem_sync);
     g_free(multifd_send_state->params);
     multifd_send_state->params = NULL;
     multifd_pages_clear(multifd_send_state->pages);
         MultiFDSendParams *p = &multifd_send_state->params[i];
 
         trace_multifd_send_sync_main_wait(p->id);
-        qemu_sem_wait(&multifd_send_state->sem_sync);
+        qemu_sem_wait(&p->sem_sync);
     }
     trace_multifd_send_sync_main(multifd_send_state->packet_num);
 }
             qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
 
             if (flags & MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC) {
-                qemu_sem_post(&multifd_send_state->sem_sync);
+                qemu_sem_post(&p->sem_sync);
             }
             qemu_sem_post(&multifd_send_state->channels_ready);
         } else if (p->quit) {
      */
     if (ret != 0) {
         if (flags & MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC) {
-            qemu_sem_post(&multifd_send_state->sem_sync);
+            qemu_sem_post(&p->sem_sync);
         }
         qemu_sem_post(&multifd_send_state->channels_ready);
     }
     multifd_send_state = g_malloc0(sizeof(*multifd_send_state));
     multifd_send_state->params = g_new0(MultiFDSendParams, thread_count);
     multifd_send_state->pages = multifd_pages_init(page_count);
-    qemu_sem_init(&multifd_send_state->sem_sync, 0);
     qemu_sem_init(&multifd_send_state->channels_ready, 0);
 
     for (i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
 
         qemu_mutex_init(&p->mutex);
         qemu_sem_init(&p->sem, 0);
+        qemu_sem_init(&p->sem_sync, 0);
         p->quit = false;
         p->pending_job = 0;
         p->id = i;