1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 5cb72a56fc..fb6c221e8e 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -3584,13 +3584,18 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     /*
+     * Create backends before creating migration objects, so that it can
+     * check against compatibilities on the backend memories (e.g. postcopy
+     * over memory-backend-file objects).
+     */
+    qemu_create_late_backends();
+
+    /*
      * Note: creates a QOM object, must run only after global and
      * compat properties have been set up.
      */
     migration_object_init();
 
-    qemu_create_late_backends();
-
     /* parse features once if machine provides default cpu_type */
     current_machine->cpu_type = machine_class->default_cpu_type;
     if (cpu_option) {