diff --git a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
index e8de4eac..bef83df7 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
@@ -3568,14 +3568,9 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 	    my $repl_conf = PVE::ReplicationConfig->new();
 	    my $is_replicated = $repl_conf->check_for_existing_jobs($vmid, 1);
 	    my $is_replicated_to_target = defined($repl_conf->find_local_replication_job($vmid, $target));
-	    if ($is_replicated && !$is_replicated_to_target) {
-		if ($param->{force}) {
-		    warn "WARNING: Node '$target' is not a replication target. Existing replication " .
-		         "jobs will fail after migration!\n";
-		} else {
-		    die "Cannot live-migrate replicated VM to node '$target' - not a replication target." .
-		        " Use 'force' to override.\n";
-		}
+	    if (!$param->{force} && $is_replicated && !$is_replicated_to_target) {
+		die "Cannot live-migrate replicated VM to node '$target' - not a replication " .
+		    "target. Use 'force' to override.\n";
 	    }
 	} else {
 	    warn "VM isn't running. Doing offline migration instead.\n" if $param->{online};
diff --git a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
index 2f4eec33..a8bcd15f 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
@@ -227,6 +227,19 @@ sub prepare {
 	die "can't migrate running VM without --online\n" if !$online;
 	$running = $pid;
 
+	my $repl_conf = PVE::ReplicationConfig->new();
+	my $is_replicated = $repl_conf->check_for_existing_jobs($vmid, 1);
+	my $is_replicated_to_target = defined($repl_conf->find_local_replication_job($vmid, $self->{node}));
+	if ($is_replicated && !$is_replicated_to_target) {
+	    if ($self->{opts}->{force}) {
+		$self->log('warn', "WARNING: Node '$self->{node}' is not a replication target. Existing " .
+			           "replication jobs will fail after migration!\n");
+	    } else {
+		die "Cannot live-migrate replicated VM to node '$self->{node}' - not a replication " .
+		    "target. Use 'force' to override.\n";
+	    }
+	}
+
 	$self->{forcemachine} = PVE::QemuServer::Machine::qemu_machine_pxe($vmid, $conf);
 
 	# To support custom CPU types, we keep QEMU's "-cpu" parameter intact.