diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index b5af6b5..2dc6a06 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1421,6 +1421,9 @@
 void migrate_set_error(MigrationState *s, const Error *error)
 {
     QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&s->error_mutex);
+
+    trace_migrate_error(error_get_pretty(error));
+
     if (!s->error) {
         s->error = error_copy(error);
     }
@@ -1444,7 +1447,6 @@
 
 static void migrate_fd_error(MigrationState *s, const Error *error)
 {
-    trace_migrate_fd_error(error_get_pretty(error));
     assert(s->to_dst_file == NULL);
     migrate_set_state(&s->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_SETUP,
                       MIGRATION_STATUS_FAILED);
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index f0e1cb8..d0c44c3 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 # migration.c
 migrate_set_state(const char *new_state) "new state %s"
 migrate_fd_cleanup(void) ""
-migrate_fd_error(const char *error_desc) "error=%s"
+migrate_error(const char *error_desc) "error=%s"
 migrate_fd_cancel(void) ""
 migrate_handle_rp_req_pages(const char *rbname, size_t start, size_t len) "in %s at 0x%zx len 0x%zx"
 migrate_pending_exact(uint64_t size, uint64_t pre, uint64_t post) "exact pending size %" PRIu64 " (pre = %" PRIu64 " post=%" PRIu64 ")"