diff --git a/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c b/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
index 272a88a..feb5fc5 100644
--- a/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
+++ b/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
-#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/kvm/clock.h"
 
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ static uint64_t kvmclock_current_nsec(KVMClockState *s)
 
     cpu_physical_memory_read(kvmclock_struct_pa, &time, sizeof(time));
 
-    assert(time.tsc_timestamp <= migration_tsc);
     delta = migration_tsc - time.tsc_timestamp;
     if (time.tsc_shift < 0) {
         delta >>= -time.tsc_shift;
@@ -125,8 +123,6 @@ static void kvmclock_vm_state_change(void *opaque, int running,
         if (s->clock_valid) {
             return;
         }
-
-        cpu_synchronize_all_states();
         ret = kvm_vm_ioctl(kvm_state, KVM_GET_CLOCK, &data);
         if (ret < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "KVM_GET_CLOCK failed: %s\n", strerror(ret));
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index 8d675b3..65d1c88 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 
 enum {
     MIG_STATE_ERROR = -1,
@@ -608,6 +609,7 @@ static void *migration_thread(void *opaque)
                 qemu_system_wakeup_request(QEMU_WAKEUP_REASON_OTHER);
                 old_vm_running = runstate_is_running();
 
+                cpu_synchronize_all_states();
                 ret = vm_stop_force_state(RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE);
                 if (ret >= 0) {
                     qemu_file_set_rate_limit(s->file, INT64_MAX);