diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 819166d423..b86961705d 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, " %s: %" PRId64 " milliseconds",
             MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_DOWNTIME_LIMIT],
             params->downtime_limit);
+        assert(params->has_x_checkpoint_delay);
         monitor_printf(mon, " %s: %" PRId64,
             MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY],
             params->x_checkpoint_delay);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index e331f28382..f498ab84f2 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->max_bandwidth = s->parameters.max_bandwidth;
     params->has_downtime_limit = true;
     params->downtime_limit = s->parameters.downtime_limit;
+    params->has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
     params->x_checkpoint_delay = s->parameters.x_checkpoint_delay;
 
     return params;
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index fb9252d722..a1c8089010 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     int ret;
     int i;
     int64_t t0;
-    int pages_sent = 0;
+    int done = 0;
 
     rcu_read_lock();
     if (ram_list.version != last_version) {
@@ -2007,9 +2007,9 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
         pages = ram_find_and_save_block(f, false, &bytes_transferred);
         /* no more pages to sent */
         if (pages == 0) {
+            done = 1;
             break;
         }
-        pages_sent += pages;
         acct_info.iterations++;
 
         /* we want to check in the 1st loop, just in case it was the 1st time
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    return pages_sent;
+    return done;
 }
 
 /* Called with iothread lock */
diff --git a/tests/test-vmstate.c b/tests/test-vmstate.c
index d8da26f974..d2f529b831 100644
--- a/tests/test-vmstate.c
+++ b/tests/test-vmstate.c
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ static void save_vmstate(const VMStateDescription *desc, void *obj)
     qemu_fclose(f);
 }
 
+static void save_buffer(const uint8_t *buf, size_t buf_size)
+{
+    QEMUFile *fsave = open_test_file(true);
+    qemu_put_buffer(fsave, buf, buf_size);
+    qemu_fclose(fsave);
+}
+
 static void compare_vmstate(uint8_t *wire, size_t size)
 {
     QEMUFile *f = open_test_file(false);
@@ -309,15 +316,13 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_versioned = {
 
 static void test_load_v1(void)
 {
-    QEMUFile *fsave = open_test_file(true);
     uint8_t buf[] = {
         0, 0, 0, 10,             /* a */
         0, 0, 0, 30,             /* c */
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 40, /* d */
         QEMU_VM_EOF, /* just to ensure we won't get EOF reported prematurely */
     };
-    qemu_put_buffer(fsave, buf, sizeof(buf));
-    qemu_fclose(fsave);
+    save_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf));
 
     QEMUFile *loading = open_test_file(false);
     TestStruct obj = { .b = 200, .e = 500, .f = 600 };
@@ -334,7 +339,6 @@ static void test_load_v1(void)
 
 static void test_load_v2(void)
 {
-    QEMUFile *fsave = open_test_file(true);
     uint8_t buf[] = {
         0, 0, 0, 10,             /* a */
         0, 0, 0, 20,             /* b */
@@ -344,8 +348,7 @@ static void test_load_v2(void)
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 60, /* f */
         QEMU_VM_EOF, /* just to ensure we won't get EOF reported prematurely */
     };
-    qemu_put_buffer(fsave, buf, sizeof(buf));
-    qemu_fclose(fsave);
+    save_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf));
 
     QEMUFile *loading = open_test_file(false);
     TestStruct obj;
@@ -423,7 +426,6 @@ static void test_save_skip(void)
 
 static void test_load_noskip(void)
 {
-    QEMUFile *fsave = open_test_file(true);
     uint8_t buf[] = {
         0, 0, 0, 10,             /* a */
         0, 0, 0, 20,             /* b */
@@ -433,8 +435,7 @@ static void test_load_noskip(void)
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 60, /* f */
         QEMU_VM_EOF, /* just to ensure we won't get EOF reported prematurely */
     };
-    qemu_put_buffer(fsave, buf, sizeof(buf));
-    qemu_fclose(fsave);
+    save_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf));
 
     QEMUFile *loading = open_test_file(false);
     TestStruct obj = { .skip_c_e = false };
@@ -451,7 +452,6 @@ static void test_load_noskip(void)
 
 static void test_load_skip(void)
 {
-    QEMUFile *fsave = open_test_file(true);
     uint8_t buf[] = {
         0, 0, 0, 10,             /* a */
         0, 0, 0, 20,             /* b */
@@ -459,8 +459,7 @@ static void test_load_skip(void)
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 60, /* f */
         QEMU_VM_EOF, /* just to ensure we won't get EOF reported prematurely */
     };
-    qemu_put_buffer(fsave, buf, sizeof(buf));
-    qemu_fclose(fsave);
+    save_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf));
 
     QEMUFile *loading = open_test_file(false);
     TestStruct obj = { .skip_c_e = true, .c = 300, .e = 500 };
@@ -475,6 +474,76 @@ static void test_load_skip(void)
     qemu_fclose(loading);
 }
 
+
+typedef struct {
+    int32_t i;
+} TestStructTriv;
+
+const VMStateDescription vmsd_tst = {
+    .name = "test/tst",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_INT32(i, TestStructTriv),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+
+#define AR_SIZE 4
+
+typedef struct {
+    TestStructTriv *ar[AR_SIZE];
+} TestArrayOfPtrToStuct;
+
+const VMStateDescription vmsd_arps = {
+    .name = "test/arps",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_TO_STRUCT(ar, TestArrayOfPtrToStuct,
+                AR_SIZE, 0, vmsd_tst, TestStructTriv),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+static void test_arr_ptr_str_no0_save(void)
+{
+    TestStructTriv ar[AR_SIZE] = {{.i = 0}, {.i = 1}, {.i = 2}, {.i = 3} };
+    TestArrayOfPtrToStuct sample = {.ar = {&ar[0], &ar[1], &ar[2], &ar[3]} };
+    uint8_t wire_sample[] = {
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03,
+        QEMU_VM_EOF
+    };
+
+    save_vmstate(&vmsd_arps, &sample);
+    compare_vmstate(wire_sample, sizeof(wire_sample));
+}
+
+static void test_arr_ptr_str_no0_load(void)
+{
+    TestStructTriv ar_gt[AR_SIZE] = {{.i = 0}, {.i = 1}, {.i = 2}, {.i = 3} };
+    TestStructTriv ar[AR_SIZE] = {};
+    TestArrayOfPtrToStuct obj = {.ar = {&ar[0], &ar[1], &ar[2], &ar[3]} };
+    int idx;
+    uint8_t wire_sample[] = {
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03,
+        QEMU_VM_EOF
+    };
+
+    save_buffer(wire_sample, sizeof(wire_sample));
+    SUCCESS(load_vmstate_one(&vmsd_arps, &obj, 1,
+                          wire_sample, sizeof(wire_sample)));
+    for (idx = 0; idx < AR_SIZE; ++idx) {
+        /* compare the target array ar with the ground truth array ar_gt */
+        g_assert_cmpint(ar_gt[idx].i, ==, ar[idx].i);
+    }
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     temp_fd = mkstemp(temp_file);
@@ -489,6 +558,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_test_add_func("/vmstate/field_exists/load/skip", test_load_skip);
     g_test_add_func("/vmstate/field_exists/save/noskip", test_save_noskip);
     g_test_add_func("/vmstate/field_exists/save/skip", test_save_skip);
+    g_test_add_func("/vmstate/array/ptr/str/no0/save",
+                    test_arr_ptr_str_no0_save);
+    g_test_add_func("/vmstate/array/ptr/str/no0/load",
+                    test_arr_ptr_str_no0_load);
     g_test_run();
 
     close(temp_fd);