1 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/migration/fd.c b/migration/fd.c
index d2e523af74..129da9910b 100644
--- a/migration/fd.c
+++ b/migration/fd.c
@@ -31,13 +31,29 @@
     do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+static bool fd_is_socket(int fd)
+{
+    struct stat stat;
+    int ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        /* When in doubt say no */
+        return false;
+    }
+    return S_ISSOCK(stat.st_mode);
+}
+
 void fd_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
 {
     int fd = monitor_get_fd(cur_mon, fdname, errp);
     if (fd == -1) {
         return;
     }
-    s->file = qemu_fdopen(fd, "wb");
+
+    if (fd_is_socket(fd)) {
+        s->file = qemu_fopen_socket(fd, "wb");
+    } else {
+        s->file = qemu_fdopen(fd, "wb");
+    }
 
     migrate_fd_connect(s);
 }
@@ -58,7 +74,11 @@ void fd_start_incoming_migration(const char *infd, Error **errp)
     DPRINTF("Attempting to start an incoming migration via fd\n");
 
     fd = strtol(infd, NULL, 0);
-    f = qemu_fdopen(fd, "rb");
+    if (fd_is_socket(fd)) {
+        f = qemu_fopen_socket(fd, "rb");
+    } else {
+        f = qemu_fdopen(fd, "rb");
+    }
     if(f == NULL) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to open the source descriptor");
         return;