}
 
 /* Returns true if recovered from a paused migration, otherwise false */
-static bool postcopy_try_recover(QEMUFile *f)
+static bool postcopy_try_recover(void)
 {
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
     if (mis->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_PAUSED) {
         /* Resumed from a paused postcopy migration */
 
-        mis->from_src_file = f;
+        /* This should be set already in migration_incoming_setup() */
+        assert(mis->from_src_file);
         /* Postcopy has standalone thread to do vm load */
-        qemu_file_set_blocking(f, true);
+        qemu_file_set_blocking(mis->from_src_file, true);
 
         /* Re-configure the return path */
-        mis->to_src_file = qemu_file_get_return_path(f);
+        mis->to_src_file = qemu_file_get_return_path(mis->from_src_file);
 
         migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_PAUSED,
                           MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_RECOVER);
 
 void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
 {
-    if (postcopy_try_recover(f)) {
+    if (!migration_incoming_setup(f, errp)) {
         return;
     }
-
-    if (!migration_incoming_setup(f, errp)) {
+    if (postcopy_try_recover()) {
         return;
     }
     migration_incoming_process();
         /* The first connection (multifd may have multiple) */
         QEMUFile *f = qemu_fopen_channel_input(ioc);
 
-        /* If it's a recovery, we're done */
-        if (postcopy_try_recover(f)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         if (!migration_incoming_setup(f, errp)) {
             return;
         }
     }
 
     if (start_migration) {
+        /* If it's a recovery, we're done */
+        if (postcopy_try_recover()) {
+            return;
+        }
         migration_incoming_process();
     }
 }