diff --git a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
index 07116816..9ca8f87e 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
@@ -327,6 +327,30 @@ sub phase2 {
 
     my $start = time();
 
+    # load_defaults
+    my $defaults = PVE::QemuServer::load_defaults();
+
+    # always set migrate speed (overwrite kvm default of 32m)
+    # we set a very hight default of 8192m which is basically unlimited
+    my $migrate_speed = $defaults->{migrate_speed} || 8192;
+    $migrate_speed = $conf->{migrate_speed} || $migrate_speed;
+    $migrate_speed = $migrate_speed * 1048576;
+    $self->log('info', "migrate_set_speed: $migrate_speed");
+    eval {
+        PVE::QemuServer::vm_mon_cmd_nocheck($vmid, "migrate_set_speed", value => int($migrate_speed));
+    };
+    $self->log('info', "migrate_set_speed error: $@") if $@;
+
+    my $migrate_downtime = $defaults->{migrate_downtime};
+    $migrate_downtime = $conf->{migrate_downtime} if defined($conf->{migrate_downtime});
+    if (defined($migrate_downtime)) {
+	$self->log('info', "migrate_set_downtime: $migrate_downtime");
+	eval {
+	    PVE::QemuServer::vm_mon_cmd_nocheck($vmid, "migrate_set_downtime", value => int($migrate_downtime));
+	};
+	$self->log('info', "migrate_set_downtime error: $@") if $@;
+    }
+
     my $capabilities = {};
     $capabilities->{capability} =  "xbzrle";
     $capabilities->{state} = JSON::false;
diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 165eaf6b..92c7db79 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -2976,21 +2976,6 @@ sub vm_start {
 	    warn $@ if $@;
 	}
 
-	# always set migrate speed (overwrite kvm default of 32m)
-	# we set a very hight default of 8192m which is basically unlimited
-	my $migrate_speed = $defaults->{migrate_speed} || 8192;
-	$migrate_speed = $conf->{migrate_speed} || $migrate_speed;
-	$migrate_speed = $migrate_speed * 1048576;
-	eval {
-	    vm_mon_cmd_nocheck($vmid, "migrate_set_speed", value => $migrate_speed);
-	};
-
-	my $migrate_downtime = $defaults->{migrate_downtime};
-	$migrate_downtime = $conf->{migrate_downtime} if defined($conf->{migrate_downtime});
-	if (defined($migrate_downtime)) {
-	    eval { vm_mon_cmd_nocheck($vmid, "migrate_set_downtime", value => $migrate_downtime); };
-	}
-
 	if($migratedfrom) {
 	    my $capabilities = {};
 	    $capabilities->{capability} =  "xbzrle";