diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index c4589b16f8..b1ebb01145 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
     int ret;
 
     ret = qemu_loadvm_state(f);
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(qemu_get_fd(f), NULL, NULL, NULL);
     qemu_fclose(f);
     if (ret < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "load of migration failed\n");
@@ -115,12 +114,6 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
     }
 }
 
-static void enter_migration_coroutine(void *opaque)
-{
-    Coroutine *co = opaque;
-    qemu_coroutine_enter(co, NULL);
-}
-
 void process_incoming_migration(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     Coroutine *co = qemu_coroutine_create(process_incoming_migration_co);
@@ -128,7 +121,6 @@ void process_incoming_migration(QEMUFile *f)
 
     assert(fd != -1);
     socket_set_nonblock(fd);
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, enter_migration_coroutine, NULL, co);
     qemu_coroutine_enter(co, f);
 }
 
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 4eb29b2ae2..0b6724dddb 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -140,6 +140,34 @@ typedef struct QEMUFileSocket
     QEMUFile *file;
 } QEMUFileSocket;
 
+typedef struct {
+    Coroutine *co;
+    int fd;
+} FDYieldUntilData;
+
+static void fd_coroutine_enter(void *opaque)
+{
+    FDYieldUntilData *data = opaque;
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(data->fd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    qemu_coroutine_enter(data->co, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Yield until a file descriptor becomes readable
+ *
+ * Note that this function clobbers the handlers for the file descriptor.
+ */
+static void coroutine_fn yield_until_fd_readable(int fd)
+{
+    FDYieldUntilData data;
+
+    assert(qemu_in_coroutine());
+    data.co = qemu_coroutine_self();
+    data.fd = fd;
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, fd_coroutine_enter, NULL, &data);
+    qemu_coroutine_yield();
+}
+
 static int socket_get_fd(void *opaque)
 {
     QEMUFileSocket *s = opaque;
@@ -158,8 +186,7 @@ static int socket_get_buffer(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos, int size)
             break;
         }
         if (socket_error() == EAGAIN) {
-            assert(qemu_in_coroutine());
-            qemu_coroutine_yield();
+            yield_until_fd_readable(s->fd);
         } else if (socket_error() != EINTR) {
             break;
         }
@@ -205,8 +232,7 @@ static int stdio_get_buffer(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos, int size)
             break;
         }
         if (errno == EAGAIN) {
-            assert(qemu_in_coroutine());
-            qemu_coroutine_yield();
+            yield_until_fd_readable(fileno(fp));
         } else if (errno != EINTR) {
             break;
         }