diff --git a/include/sysemu/replay.h b/include/sysemu/replay.h
index d6026ed8e5..c486c3afb2 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/replay.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/replay.h
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ void replay_disable_events(void);
 void replay_enable_events(void);
 /*! Returns true when saving events is enabled */
 bool replay_events_enabled(void);
+/* Flushes events queue */
+void replay_flush_events(void);
 /*! Adds bottom half event to the queue */
 void replay_bh_schedule_event(QEMUBH *bh);
 /* Adds oneshot bottom half event to the queue */
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 0e8dc78684..d2e141f7b1 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -2881,12 +2881,6 @@ int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
     AioContext *aio_context;
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
-    if (!replay_can_snapshot()) {
-        error_setg(errp, "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",
@@ -2920,6 +2914,12 @@ int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Flush the record/replay queue. Now the VM state is going
+     * to change. Therefore we don't need to preserve its consistency
+     */
+    replay_flush_events();
+
     /* Flush all IO requests so they don't interfere with the new state.  */
     bdrv_drain_all_begin();
 
diff --git a/replay/replay-events.c b/replay/replay-events.c
index 302b84043a..a1c6bb934e 100644
--- a/replay/replay-events.c
+++ b/replay/replay-events.c
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ bool replay_has_events(void)
 
 void replay_flush_events(void)
 {
+    if (replay_mode == REPLAY_MODE_NONE) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     g_assert(replay_mutex_locked());
 
     while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&events_list)) {
diff --git a/replay/replay-internal.h b/replay/replay-internal.h
index 2f6145ec7c..97649ed8d7 100644
--- a/replay/replay-internal.h
+++ b/replay/replay-internal.h
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ void replay_read_next_clock(unsigned int kind);
 void replay_init_events(void);
 /*! Clears internal data structures for events handling */
 void replay_finish_events(void);
-/*! Flushes events queue */
-void replay_flush_events(void);
 /*! Returns true if there are any unsaved events in the queue */
 bool replay_has_events(void);
 /*! Saves events from queue into the file */