diff --git a/migration/file.c b/migration/file.c
index 22d052a71f..83328a7a1b 100644
--- a/migration/file.c
+++ b/migration/file.c
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@
 #include "channel.h"
 #include "file.h"
 #include "migration.h"
+#include "multifd.h"
 #include "io/channel-file.h"
 #include "io/channel-util.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 #define OFFSET_OPTION ",offset="
 
+static struct FileOutgoingArgs {
+    char *fname;
+} outgoing_args;
+
 /* Remove the offset option from @filespec and return it in @offsetp. */
 
 int file_parse_offset(char *filespec, uint64_t *offsetp, Error **errp)
@@ -37,6 +42,36 @@ int file_parse_offset(char *filespec, uint64_t *offsetp, Error **errp)
     return 0;
 }
 
+void file_cleanup_outgoing_migration(void)
+{
+    g_free(outgoing_args.fname);
+    outgoing_args.fname = NULL;
+}
+
+bool file_send_channel_create(gpointer opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    QIOChannelFile *ioc;
+    int flags = O_WRONLY;
+    bool ret = true;
+
+    ioc = qio_channel_file_new_path(outgoing_args.fname, flags, 0, errp);
+    if (!ioc) {
+        ret = false;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    multifd_channel_connect(opaque, QIO_CHANNEL(ioc));
+
+out:
+    /*
+     * File channel creation is synchronous. However posting this
+     * semaphore here is simpler than adding a special case.
+     */
+    multifd_send_channel_created();
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 void file_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s,
                                    FileMigrationArgs *file_args, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -47,12 +82,14 @@ void file_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s,
 
     trace_migration_file_outgoing(filename);
 
-    fioc = qio_channel_file_new_path(filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC,
-                                     0600, errp);
+    fioc = qio_channel_file_new_path(filename, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY,
+                                     0660, errp);
     if (!fioc) {
         return;
     }
 
+    outgoing_args.fname = g_strdup(filename);
+
     ioc = QIO_CHANNEL(fioc);
     if (offset && qio_channel_io_seek(ioc, offset, SEEK_SET, errp) < 0) {
         return;
diff --git a/migration/file.h b/migration/file.h
index 37d6a08bfc..4577f9efdd 100644
--- a/migration/file.h
+++ b/migration/file.h
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
 #define QEMU_MIGRATION_FILE_H
 
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-migration.h"
+#include "io/task.h"
+#include "channel.h"
 
 void file_start_incoming_migration(FileMigrationArgs *file_args, Error **errp);
 
 void file_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s,
                                    FileMigrationArgs *file_args, Error **errp);
 int file_parse_offset(char *filespec, uint64_t *offsetp, Error **errp);
+void file_cleanup_outgoing_migration(void);
+bool file_send_channel_create(gpointer opaque, Error **errp);
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index 3574fd3953..f155223303 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "exec/ramblock.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "file.h"
 #include "ram.h"
 #include "migration.h"
 #include "migration-stats.h"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "threadinfo.h"
 #include "options.h"
 #include "qemu/yank.h"
+#include "io/channel-file.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
 #include "yank_functions.h"
 
@@ -694,6 +696,7 @@ static bool multifd_send_cleanup_channel(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
     if (p->c) {
         migration_ioc_unregister_yank(p->c);
+        qio_channel_close(p->c, NULL);
         object_unref(OBJECT(p->c));
         p->c = NULL;
     }
@@ -715,6 +718,7 @@ static bool multifd_send_cleanup_channel(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 
 static void multifd_send_cleanup_state(void)
 {
+    file_cleanup_outgoing_migration();
     socket_cleanup_outgoing_migration();
     qemu_sem_destroy(&multifd_send_state->channels_created);
     qemu_sem_destroy(&multifd_send_state->channels_ready);
@@ -977,7 +981,7 @@ static bool multifd_tls_channel_connect(MultiFDSendParams *p,
     return true;
 }
 
-static void multifd_channel_connect(MultiFDSendParams *p, QIOChannel *ioc)
+void multifd_channel_connect(MultiFDSendParams *p, QIOChannel *ioc)
 {
     qio_channel_set_delay(ioc, false);
 
@@ -1045,9 +1049,14 @@ out:
     error_free(local_err);
 }
 
-static void multifd_new_send_channel_create(gpointer opaque)
+static bool multifd_new_send_channel_create(gpointer opaque, Error **errp)
 {
+    if (!multifd_use_packets()) {
+        return file_send_channel_create(opaque, errp);
+    }
+
     socket_send_channel_create(multifd_new_send_channel_async, opaque);
+    return true;
 }
 
 bool multifd_send_setup(void)
@@ -1096,7 +1105,10 @@ bool multifd_send_setup(void)
         p->page_size = qemu_target_page_size();
         p->page_count = page_count;
         p->write_flags = 0;
-        multifd_new_send_channel_create(p);
+
+        if (!multifd_new_send_channel_create(p, &local_err)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/migration/multifd.h b/migration/multifd.h
index 1d8bbaf96b..db8887f088 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.h
+++ b/migration/multifd.h
@@ -227,5 +227,6 @@ static inline void multifd_send_prepare_header(MultiFDSendParams *p)
     p->iovs_num++;
 }
 
+void multifd_channel_connect(MultiFDSendParams *p, QIOChannel *ioc);
 
 #endif
