diff --git a/migration-exec.c b/migration-exec.c
index 014c60f01d..2ce7770cfa 100644
--- a/migration-exec.c
+++ b/migration-exec.c
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ static int exec_close(MigrationState *s)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     DPRINTF("exec_close\n");
-    if (s->opaque) {
-        ret = qemu_fclose(s->opaque);
-        s->opaque = NULL;
-        s->fd = -1;
-        if (ret >= 0 && !(WIFEXITED(ret) && WEXITSTATUS(ret) == 0)) {
-            /* close succeeded, but non-zero exit code: */
-            ret = -EIO; /* fake errno value */
-        }
+    ret = qemu_fclose(s->opaque);
+    s->opaque = NULL;
+    s->fd = -1;
+    if (ret >= 0 && !(WIFEXITED(ret) && WEXITSTATUS(ret) == 0)) {
+        /* close succeeded, but non-zero exit code: */
+        ret = -EIO; /* fake errno value */
     }
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/migration-fd.c b/migration-fd.c
index a4cd83ff7c..c678b23b7e 100644
--- a/migration-fd.c
+++ b/migration-fd.c
@@ -48,29 +48,26 @@ static int fd_close(MigrationState *s)
     int ret;
 
     DPRINTF("fd_close\n");
-    if (s->fd != -1) {
-        ret = fstat(s->fd, &st);
-        if (ret == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
-            /*
-             * If the file handle is a regular file make sure the
-             * data is flushed to disk before signaling success.
-             */
-            ret = fsync(s->fd);
-            if (ret != 0) {
-                ret = -errno;
-                perror("migration-fd: fsync");
-                return ret;
-            }
-        }
-        ret = close(s->fd);
-        s->fd = -1;
+    ret = fstat(s->fd, &st);
+    if (ret == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        /*
+         * If the file handle is a regular file make sure the
+         * data is flushed to disk before signaling success.
+         */
+        ret = fsync(s->fd);
         if (ret != 0) {
             ret = -errno;
-            perror("migration-fd: close");
+            perror("migration-fd: fsync");
             return ret;
         }
     }
-    return 0;
+    ret = close(s->fd);
+    s->fd = -1;
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        perror("migration-fd: close");
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 void fd_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
diff --git a/migration-tcp.c b/migration-tcp.c
index 1a12f17886..bb27ce832a 100644
--- a/migration-tcp.c
+++ b/migration-tcp.c
@@ -44,11 +44,8 @@ static int tcp_close(MigrationState *s)
 {
     int r = 0;
     DPRINTF("tcp_close\n");
-    if (s->fd != -1) {
-        if (closesocket(s->fd) < 0) {
-            r = -errno;
-        }
-        s->fd = -1;
+    if (closesocket(s->fd) < 0) {
+        r = -socket_error();
     }
     return r;
 }
diff --git a/migration-unix.c b/migration-unix.c
index 5dc49cdf0f..9b5521edec 100644
--- a/migration-unix.c
+++ b/migration-unix.c
@@ -44,11 +44,8 @@ static int unix_close(MigrationState *s)
 {
     int r = 0;
     DPRINTF("unix_close\n");
-    if (s->fd != -1) {
-        if (close(s->fd) < 0) {
-            r = -errno;
-        }
-        s->fd = -1;
+    if (close(s->fd) < 0) {
+        r = -errno;
     }
     return r;
 }