diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index ad51210f13..20e8635740 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -992,6 +992,8 @@ int multifd_save_setup(Error **errp)
 
 struct {
     MultiFDRecvParams *params;
+    /* array of pages to receive */
+    MultiFDPages_t *pages;
     /* number of created threads */
     int count;
     /* syncs main thread and channels */
@@ -1002,6 +1004,75 @@ struct {
     MultiFDMethods *ops;
 } *multifd_recv_state;
 
+static int multifd_recv_pages(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    int i;
+    static int next_recv_channel;
+    MultiFDRecvParams *p = NULL;
+    MultiFDPages_t *pages = multifd_recv_state->pages;
+
+    /*
+     * next_channel can remain from a previous migration that was
+     * using more channels, so ensure it doesn't overflow if the
+     * limit is lower now.
+     */
+    next_recv_channel %= migrate_multifd_channels();
+    for (i = next_recv_channel;; i = (i + 1) % migrate_multifd_channels()) {
+        p = &multifd_recv_state->params[i];
+
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&p->mutex);
+        if (p->quit) {
+            error_report("%s: channel %d has already quit!", __func__, i);
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (!p->pending_job) {
+            p->pending_job++;
+            next_recv_channel = (i + 1) % migrate_multifd_channels();
+            break;
+        }
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
+    }
+
+    multifd_recv_state->pages = p->pages;
+    p->pages = pages;
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
+    qemu_sem_post(&p->sem);
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int multifd_recv_queue_page(QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset)
+{
+    MultiFDPages_t *pages = multifd_recv_state->pages;
+    bool changed = false;
+
+    if (!pages->block) {
+        pages->block = block;
+    }
+
+    if (pages->block == block) {
+        pages->offset[pages->num] = offset;
+        pages->num++;
+
+        if (pages->num < pages->allocated) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        changed = true;
+    }
+
+    if (multifd_recv_pages(f) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (changed) {
+        return multifd_recv_queue_page(f, block, offset);
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 static void multifd_recv_terminate_threads(Error *err)
 {
     int i;
@@ -1023,6 +1094,7 @@ static void multifd_recv_terminate_threads(Error *err)
 
         qemu_mutex_lock(&p->mutex);
         p->quit = true;
+        qemu_sem_post(&p->sem);
         /*
          * We could arrive here for two reasons:
          *  - normal quit, i.e. everything went fine, just finished
@@ -1072,8 +1144,11 @@ void multifd_load_cleanup(void)
         p->c = NULL;
         qemu_mutex_destroy(&p->mutex);
         qemu_sem_destroy(&p->sem_sync);
+        qemu_sem_destroy(&p->sem);
         g_free(p->name);
         p->name = NULL;
+        multifd_pages_clear(p->pages);
+        p->pages = NULL;
         p->packet_len = 0;
         g_free(p->packet);
         p->packet = NULL;
@@ -1086,6 +1161,8 @@ void multifd_load_cleanup(void)
     qemu_sem_destroy(&multifd_recv_state->sem_sync);
     g_free(multifd_recv_state->params);
     multifd_recv_state->params = NULL;
+    multifd_pages_clear(multifd_recv_state->pages);
+    multifd_recv_state->pages = NULL;
     g_free(multifd_recv_state);
     multifd_recv_state = NULL;
 }
@@ -1148,6 +1225,25 @@ static void *multifd_recv_thread(void *opaque)
                 break;
             }
             p->num_packets++;
+        } else {
+            /*
+             * No packets, so we need to wait for the vmstate code to
+             * queue pages.
+             */
+            qemu_sem_wait(&p->sem);
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&p->mutex);
+            if (!p->pending_job) {
+                qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < p->pages->num; i++) {
+                p->normal[p->normal_num] = p->pages->offset[i];
+                p->normal_num++;
+            }
+
+            p->pages->num = 0;
+            p->host = p->pages->block->host;
         }
 
         flags = p->flags;
@@ -1170,6 +1266,13 @@ static void *multifd_recv_thread(void *opaque)
             qemu_sem_post(&multifd_recv_state->sem_sync);
             qemu_sem_wait(&p->sem_sync);
         }
+
+        if (!use_packets) {
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&p->mutex);
+            p->pending_job--;
+            p->pages->block = NULL;
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
+        }
     }
 
     if (local_err) {
@@ -1204,6 +1307,7 @@ int multifd_load_setup(Error **errp)
     thread_count = migrate_multifd_channels();
     multifd_recv_state = g_malloc0(sizeof(*multifd_recv_state));
     multifd_recv_state->params = g_new0(MultiFDRecvParams, thread_count);
+    multifd_recv_state->pages = multifd_pages_init(page_count);
     qatomic_set(&multifd_recv_state->count, 0);
     qemu_sem_init(&multifd_recv_state->sem_sync, 0);
     multifd_recv_state->ops = multifd_ops[migrate_multifd_compression()];
@@ -1213,8 +1317,11 @@ int multifd_load_setup(Error **errp)
 
         qemu_mutex_init(&p->mutex);
         qemu_sem_init(&p->sem_sync, 0);
+        qemu_sem_init(&p->sem, 0);
         p->quit = false;
+        p->pending_job = 0;
         p->id = i;
+        p->pages = multifd_pages_init(page_count);
 
         if (use_packets) {
             p->packet_len = sizeof(MultiFDPacket_t)
diff --git a/migration/multifd.h b/migration/multifd.h
index a112ec7ac6..b571b1e4a2 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.h
+++ b/migration/multifd.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void multifd_recv_new_channel(QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp);
 void multifd_recv_sync_main(void);
 int multifd_send_sync_main(QEMUFile *f);
 int multifd_queue_page(QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset);
+int multifd_recv_queue_page(QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset);
 
 /* Multifd Compression flags */
 #define MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC (1 << 0)
@@ -153,9 +154,13 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t page_size;
     /* number of pages in a full packet */
     uint32_t page_count;
+    /* multifd flags for receiving ram */
+    int read_flags;
 
     /* syncs main thread and channels */
     QemuSemaphore sem_sync;
+    /* sem where to wait for more work */
+    QemuSemaphore sem;
 
     /* this mutex protects the following parameters */
     QemuMutex mutex;
@@ -167,6 +172,13 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t flags;
     /* global number of generated multifd packets */
     uint64_t packet_num;
+    int pending_job;
+    /* array of pages to sent.
+     * The owner of 'pages' depends of 'pending_job' value:
+     * pending_job == 0 -> migration_thread can use it.
+     * pending_job != 0 -> multifd_channel can use it.
+     */
+    MultiFDPages_t *pages;
 
     /* thread local variables. No locking required */
 
@@ -210,4 +222,3 @@ typedef struct {
 void multifd_register_ops(int method, MultiFDMethods *ops);
 
 #endif
-
