diff --git a/include/sysemu/replay.h b/include/sysemu/replay.h
index c0204e641c..401de12130 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/replay.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/replay.h
@@ -166,5 +166,8 @@ void replay_audio_in(int *recorded, void *samples, int *wpos, int size);
 /*! Called at the start of execution.
     Loads or saves initial vmstate depending on execution mode. */
 void replay_vmstate_init(void);
+/*! Called to ensure that replay state is consistent and VM snapshot
+    can be created */
+bool replay_can_snapshot(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 358c5b51e2..fbeac658c1 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "io/channel-buffer.h"
 #include "io/channel-file.h"
+#include "sysemu/replay.h"
 
 #ifndef ETH_P_RARP
 #define ETH_P_RARP 0x8035
@@ -2197,6 +2198,12 @@ int save_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
     struct tm tm;
     AioContext *aio_context;
 
+    if (!replay_can_snapshot()) {
+        error_report("Record/replay does not allow making snapshot "
+                     "right now. Try once more later.");
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     if (!bdrv_all_can_snapshot(&bs)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Device '%s' is writable but does not support "
                    "snapshots", bdrv_get_device_name(bs));
@@ -2388,6 +2395,12 @@ int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
     AioContext *aio_context;
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
+    if (!replay_can_snapshot()) {
+        error_report("Record/replay does not allow loading snapshot "
+                     "right now. Try once more later.");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
     if (!bdrv_all_can_snapshot(&bs)) {
         error_setg(errp,
                    "Device '%s' is writable but does not support snapshots",
diff --git a/replay/replay-snapshot.c b/replay/replay-snapshot.c
index b2e10769a6..7075986ab5 100644
--- a/replay/replay-snapshot.c
+++ b/replay/replay-snapshot.c
@@ -83,3 +83,9 @@ void replay_vmstate_init(void)
         }
     }
 }
+
+bool replay_can_snapshot(void)
+{
+    return replay_mode == REPLAY_MODE_NONE
+        || !replay_has_events();
+}