diff --git a/include/migration/colo.h b/include/migration/colo.h
index f462f06..2676c4a 100644
--- a/include/migration/colo.h
+++ b/include/migration/colo.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
+#include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
+#include "qemu/thread.h"
 
 bool colo_supported(void);
 void colo_info_mig_init(void);
@@ -22,4 +24,9 @@ void colo_info_mig_init(void);
 void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s);
 bool migration_in_colo_state(void);
 
+/* loadvm */
+bool migration_incoming_enable_colo(void);
+void migration_incoming_exit_colo(void);
+void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque);
+bool migration_incoming_in_colo_state(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index 99dfa92..a57a734 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "qapi-types.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
 
 #define QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC           0x5145564d
 #define QEMU_VM_FILE_VERSION_COMPAT  0x00000002
@@ -106,6 +107,12 @@ struct MigrationIncomingState {
     void     *postcopy_tmp_page;
 
     int state;
+
+    bool have_colo_incoming_thread;
+    QemuThread colo_incoming_thread;
+    /* The coroutine we should enter (back) after failover */
+    Coroutine *migration_incoming_co;
+
     /* See savevm.c */
     LoadStateEntry_Head loadvm_handlers;
 };
diff --git a/migration/colo-comm.c b/migration/colo-comm.c
index fb407e0..30df3d3 100644
--- a/migration/colo-comm.c
+++ b/migration/colo-comm.c
@@ -48,3 +48,13 @@ void colo_info_mig_init(void)
 {
     vmstate_register(NULL, 0, &colo_state, &colo_info);
 }
+
+bool migration_incoming_enable_colo(void)
+{
+    return colo_info.colo_requested;
+}
+
+void migration_incoming_exit_colo(void)
+{
+    colo_info.colo_requested = 0;
+}
diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index cf0ccb8..6880aa0 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "migration/colo.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 bool colo_supported(void)
 {
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@ bool migration_in_colo_state(void)
     return (s->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO);
 }
 
+bool migration_incoming_in_colo_state(void)
+{
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
+
+    return mis && (mis->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO);
+}
+
 static void colo_process_checkpoint(MigrationState *s)
 {
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
@@ -47,3 +55,17 @@ void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s)
     colo_process_checkpoint(s);
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
 }
+
+void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = opaque;
+
+    migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_ACTIVE,
+                      MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO);
+
+    /* TODO: COLO checkpoint restore loop */
+
+    migration_incoming_exit_colo();
+
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 99b870d..d5691c2 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -358,6 +358,27 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
         /* Else if something went wrong then just fall out of the normal exit */
     }
 
+    if (!ret) {
+        /* Make sure all file formats flush their mutable metadata */
+        bdrv_invalidate_cache_all(&local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_report_err(local_err);
+            migrate_decompress_threads_join();
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+    }
+    /* we get colo info, and know if we are in colo mode */
+    if (!ret && migration_incoming_enable_colo()) {
+        mis->migration_incoming_co = qemu_coroutine_self();
+        qemu_thread_create(&mis->colo_incoming_thread, "colo incoming",
+             colo_process_incoming_thread, mis, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+        mis->have_colo_incoming_thread = true;
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+
+        /* Wait checkpoint incoming thread exit before free resource */
+        qemu_thread_join(&mis->colo_incoming_thread);
+    }
+
     qemu_fclose(f);
     free_xbzrle_decoded_buf();
     migration_incoming_state_destroy();
@@ -370,16 +391,6 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    /* Make sure all file formats flush their mutable metadata */
-    bdrv_invalidate_cache_all(&local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_ACTIVE,
-                          MIGRATION_STATUS_FAILED);
-        error_report_err(local_err);
-        migrate_decompress_threads_join();
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-
     /*
      * This must happen after all error conditions are dealt with and
      * we're sure the VM is going to be running on this host.
diff --git a/stubs/migration-colo.c b/stubs/migration-colo.c
index acddca6..c12516e 100644
--- a/stubs/migration-colo.c
+++ b/stubs/migration-colo.c
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ bool migration_in_colo_state(void)
     return false;
 }
 
+bool migration_incoming_in_colo_state(void)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
 void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s)
 {
 }
+
+void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
