diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.h b/migration/qemu-file.h
index 37f42315c7..ed77996201 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -49,11 +49,10 @@ typedef int (QEMURamHookFunc)(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags, void *data);
  * This function allows override of where the RAM page
  * is saved (such as RDMA, for example.)
  */
-typedef size_t (QEMURamSaveFunc)(QEMUFile *f,
-                                 ram_addr_t block_offset,
-                                 ram_addr_t offset,
-                                 size_t size,
-                                 uint64_t *bytes_sent);
+typedef int (QEMURamSaveFunc)(QEMUFile *f,
+                              ram_addr_t block_offset,
+                              ram_addr_t offset,
+                              size_t size);
 
 typedef struct QEMUFileHooks {
     QEMURamHookFunc *before_ram_iterate;
@@ -146,9 +145,8 @@ void ram_control_load_hook(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags, void *data);
 #define RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_NOT_SUPP -1000
 #define RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_DELAYED  -2000
 
-size_t ram_control_save_page(QEMUFile *f, ram_addr_t block_offset,
-                             ram_addr_t offset, size_t size,
-                             uint64_t *bytes_sent);
+int ram_control_save_page(QEMUFile *f, ram_addr_t block_offset,
+                          ram_addr_t offset, size_t size);
 QIOChannel *qemu_file_get_ioc(QEMUFile *file);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index 72e130631d..32ef5e9651 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -336,14 +336,14 @@ void ram_control_load_hook(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags, void *data)
     }
 }
 
-size_t ram_control_save_page(QEMUFile *f, ram_addr_t block_offset,
-                             ram_addr_t offset, size_t size,
-                             uint64_t *bytes_sent)
+int ram_control_save_page(QEMUFile *f, ram_addr_t block_offset,
+                          ram_addr_t offset, size_t size)
 {
     if (f->hooks && f->hooks->save_page) {
-        int ret = f->hooks->save_page(f, block_offset,
-                                      offset, size, bytes_sent);
-
+        int ret = f->hooks->save_page(f, block_offset, offset, size);
+        /*
+         * RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_* are negative values
+         */
         if (ret != RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_DELAYED &&
             ret != RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_NOT_SUPP) {
             if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 2d3927a15f..f9fcbb3bb8 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1173,23 +1173,19 @@ static int save_zero_page(PageSearchStatus *pss, QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock *block,
 static bool control_save_page(PageSearchStatus *pss, RAMBlock *block,
                               ram_addr_t offset, int *pages)
 {
-    uint64_t bytes_xmit = 0;
     int ret;
 
-    *pages = -1;
     ret = ram_control_save_page(pss->pss_channel, block->offset, offset,
-                                TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, &bytes_xmit);
+                                TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
     if (ret == RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_NOT_SUPP) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (bytes_xmit) {
-        *pages = 1;
-    }
-
     if (ret == RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_DELAYED) {
+        *pages = 1;
         return true;
     }
+    *pages = ret;
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/migration/rdma.c b/migration/rdma.c
index 416dec00a2..12d3c23fdc 100644
--- a/migration/rdma.c
+++ b/migration/rdma.c
@@ -3239,13 +3239,12 @@ qio_channel_rdma_shutdown(QIOChannel *ioc,
  *
  *    @size : Number of bytes to transfer
  *
- *    @bytes_sent : User-specificed pointer to indicate how many bytes were
+ *    @pages_sent : User-specificed pointer to indicate how many pages were
  *                  sent. Usually, this will not be more than a few bytes of
  *                  the protocol because most transfers are sent asynchronously.
  */
-static size_t qemu_rdma_save_page(QEMUFile *f,
-                                  ram_addr_t block_offset, ram_addr_t offset,
-                                  size_t size, uint64_t *bytes_sent)
+static int qemu_rdma_save_page(QEMUFile *f, ram_addr_t block_offset,
+                               ram_addr_t offset, size_t size)
 {
     QIOChannelRDMA *rioc = QIO_CHANNEL_RDMA(qemu_file_get_ioc(f));
     RDMAContext *rdma;
@@ -3277,18 +3276,6 @@ static size_t qemu_rdma_save_page(QEMUFile *f,
         goto err;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * We always return 1 bytes because the RDMA
-     * protocol is completely asynchronous. We do not yet know
-     * whether an  identified chunk is zero or not because we're
-     * waiting for other pages to potentially be merged with
-     * the current chunk. So, we have to call qemu_update_position()
-     * later on when the actual write occurs.
-     */
-    if (bytes_sent) {
-        *bytes_sent = 1;
-    }
-
     /*
      * Drain the Completion Queue if possible, but do not block,
      * just poll.
