diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
index 4ee26014b78..a6aa59e4e68 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.c
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ QDict *migrate_query(QTestState *who)
     return wait_command(who, "{ 'execute': 'query-migrate' }");
 }
 
+QDict *migrate_query_not_failed(QTestState *who)
+{
+    const char *status;
+    QDict *rsp = migrate_query(who);
+    status = qdict_get_str(rsp, "status");
+    if (g_str_equal(status, "failed")) {
+        g_printerr("query-migrate shows failed migration: %s\n",
+                   qdict_get_str(rsp, "error-desc"));
+    }
+    g_assert(!g_str_equal(status, "failed"));
+    return rsp;
+}
+
 /*
  * Note: caller is responsible to free the returned object via
  * g_free() after use
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h
index 2731399aaa8..78587c2b829 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-helpers.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ G_GNUC_PRINTF(3, 4)
 void migrate_qmp(QTestState *who, const char *uri, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 QDict *migrate_query(QTestState *who);
+QDict *migrate_query_not_failed(QTestState *who);
 
 void wait_for_migration_status(QTestState *who,
                                const char *goal, const char **ungoals);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
index efc6ec1614c..d33e8060f92 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int64_t read_ram_property_int(QTestState *who, const char *property)
     QDict *rsp_return, *rsp_ram;
     int64_t result;
 
-    rsp_return = migrate_query(who);
+    rsp_return = migrate_query_not_failed(who);
     if (!qdict_haskey(rsp_return, "ram")) {
         /* Still in setup */
         result = 0;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int64_t read_migrate_property_int(QTestState *who, const char *property)
     QDict *rsp_return;
     int64_t result;
 
-    rsp_return = migrate_query(who);
+    rsp_return = migrate_query_not_failed(who);
     result = qdict_get_try_int(rsp_return, property, 0);
     qobject_unref(rsp_return);
     return result;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static void read_blocktime(QTestState *who)
 {
     QDict *rsp_return;
 
-    rsp_return = migrate_query(who);
+    rsp_return = migrate_query_not_failed(who);
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(rsp_return, "postcopy-blocktime"));
     qobject_unref(rsp_return);
 }