diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index a83186d164..54ae45bf94 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3220,10 +3220,10 @@ static int ram_save_live(QEMUFile *f, int stage, void *opaque)
     /* try transferring iterative blocks of memory */
 
     if (stage == 3) {
-        cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_tracking(0);
 
         /* flush all remaining blocks regardless of rate limiting */
         while (ram_save_block(f) != 0);
+        cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_tracking(0);
     }
 
     qemu_put_be64(f, RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS);