diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 62b44cf..14d54fd 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -757,21 +757,20 @@ static void migration_bitmap_sync(RAMState *rs)
  * Returns the number of pages written.
  *
  * @rs: current RAM state
- * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
  * @block: block that contains the page we want to send
  * @offset: offset inside the block for the page
  * @p: pointer to the page
  */
-static int save_zero_page(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock *block,
-                          ram_addr_t offset, uint8_t *p)
+static int save_zero_page(RAMState *rs, RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset,
+                          uint8_t *p)
 {
     int pages = -1;
 
     if (is_zero_range(p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE)) {
         rs->zero_pages++;
         rs->bytes_transferred +=
-            save_page_header(f, block, offset | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS);
-        qemu_put_byte(f, 0);
+            save_page_header(rs->f, block, offset | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS);
+        qemu_put_byte(rs->f, 0);
         rs->bytes_transferred += 1;
         pages = 1;
     }
@@ -799,12 +798,11 @@ static void ram_release_pages(MigrationState *ms, const char *rbname,
  *
  * @rs: current RAM state
  * @ms: current migration state
- * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
  * @block: block that contains the page we want to send
  * @offset: offset inside the block for the page
  * @last_stage: if we are at the completion stage
  */
-static int ram_save_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
+static int ram_save_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
                          PageSearchStatus *pss, bool last_stage)
 {
     int pages = -1;
@@ -820,7 +818,7 @@ static int ram_save_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
 
     /* In doubt sent page as normal */
     bytes_xmit = 0;
-    ret = ram_control_save_page(f, block->offset,
+    ret = ram_control_save_page(rs->f, block->offset,
                            offset, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, &bytes_xmit);
     if (bytes_xmit) {
         rs->bytes_transferred += bytes_xmit;
@@ -843,7 +841,7 @@ static int ram_save_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
             }
         }
     } else {
-        pages = save_zero_page(rs, f, block, offset, p);
+        pages = save_zero_page(rs, block, offset, p);
         if (pages > 0) {
             /* Must let xbzrle know, otherwise a previous (now 0'd) cached
              * page would be stale
@@ -865,14 +863,14 @@ static int ram_save_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
 
     /* XBZRLE overflow or normal page */
     if (pages == -1) {
-        rs->bytes_transferred += save_page_header(f, block,
+        rs->bytes_transferred += save_page_header(rs->f, block,
                                                offset | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE);
         if (send_async) {
-            qemu_put_buffer_async(f, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
+            qemu_put_buffer_async(rs->f, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
                                   migrate_release_ram() &
                                   migration_in_postcopy(ms));
         } else {
-            qemu_put_buffer(f, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
+            qemu_put_buffer(rs->f, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
         }
         rs->bytes_transferred += TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
         pages = 1;
@@ -907,7 +905,7 @@ static int do_compress_ram_page(QEMUFile *f, RAMBlock *block,
     return bytes_sent;
 }
 
-static void flush_compressed_data(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f)
+static void flush_compressed_data(RAMState *rs)
 {
     int idx, len, thread_count;
 
@@ -927,7 +925,7 @@ static void flush_compressed_data(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f)
     for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
         qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
         if (!comp_param[idx].quit) {
-            len = qemu_put_qemu_file(f, comp_param[idx].file);
+            len = qemu_put_qemu_file(rs->f, comp_param[idx].file);
             rs->bytes_transferred += len;
         }
         qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
@@ -941,8 +939,8 @@ static inline void set_compress_params(CompressParam *param, RAMBlock *block,
     param->offset = offset;
 }
 
-static int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f,
-                                           RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset)
+static int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMState *rs, RAMBlock *block,
+                                           ram_addr_t offset)
 {
     int idx, thread_count, bytes_xmit = -1, pages = -1;
 
@@ -952,7 +950,7 @@ static int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f,
         for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
             if (comp_param[idx].done) {
                 comp_param[idx].done = false;
-                bytes_xmit = qemu_put_qemu_file(f, comp_param[idx].file);
+                bytes_xmit = qemu_put_qemu_file(rs->f, comp_param[idx].file);
                 qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
                 set_compress_params(&comp_param[idx], block, offset);
                 qemu_cond_signal(&comp_param[idx].cond);
@@ -981,13 +979,11 @@ static int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f,
  *
  * @rs: current RAM state
  * @ms: current migration state
- * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
  * @block: block that contains the page we want to send
  * @offset: offset inside the block for the page
  * @last_stage: if we are at the completion stage
  */
 static int ram_save_compressed_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
-                                    QEMUFile *f,
                                     PageSearchStatus *pss, bool last_stage)
 {
     int pages = -1;
@@ -999,7 +995,7 @@ static int ram_save_compressed_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
 
     p = block->host + offset;
 
-    ret = ram_control_save_page(f, block->offset,
+    ret = ram_control_save_page(rs->f, block->offset,
                                 offset, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, &bytes_xmit);
     if (bytes_xmit) {
         rs->bytes_transferred += bytes_xmit;
@@ -1021,20 +1017,20 @@ static int ram_save_compressed_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
          * is used to avoid resending the block name.
          */
         if (block != rs->last_sent_block) {
-            flush_compressed_data(rs, f);
-            pages = save_zero_page(rs, f, block, offset, p);
+            flush_compressed_data(rs);
+            pages = save_zero_page(rs, block, offset, p);
             if (pages == -1) {
                 /* Make sure the first page is sent out before other pages */
-                bytes_xmit = save_page_header(f, block, offset |
+                bytes_xmit = save_page_header(rs->f, block, offset |
                                               RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS_PAGE);
-                blen = qemu_put_compression_data(f, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
+                blen = qemu_put_compression_data(rs->f, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
                                                  migrate_compress_level());
                 if (blen > 0) {
                     rs->bytes_transferred += bytes_xmit + blen;
                     rs->norm_pages++;
                     pages = 1;
                 } else {
-                    qemu_file_set_error(f, blen);
+                    qemu_file_set_error(rs->f, blen);
                     error_report("compressed data failed!");
                 }
             }
@@ -1043,9 +1039,9 @@ static int ram_save_compressed_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
             }
         } else {
             offset |= RAM_SAVE_FLAG_CONTINUE;
-            pages = save_zero_page(rs, f, block, offset, p);
+            pages = save_zero_page(rs, block, offset, p);
             if (pages == -1) {
-                pages = compress_page_with_multi_thread(rs, f, block, offset);
+                pages = compress_page_with_multi_thread(rs, block, offset);
             } else {
                 ram_release_pages(ms, block->idstr, pss->offset, pages);
             }
@@ -1062,13 +1058,12 @@ static int ram_save_compressed_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
  * Returns if a page is found
  *
  * @rs: current RAM state
- * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
  * @pss: data about the state of the current dirty page scan
  * @again: set to false if the search has scanned the whole of RAM
  * @ram_addr_abs: pointer into which to store the address of the dirty page
  *                within the global ram_addr space
  */
-static bool find_dirty_block(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f, PageSearchStatus *pss,
+static bool find_dirty_block(RAMState *rs, PageSearchStatus *pss,
                              bool *again, ram_addr_t *ram_addr_abs)
 {
     pss->offset = migration_bitmap_find_dirty(rs, pss->block, pss->offset,
@@ -1096,7 +1091,7 @@ static bool find_dirty_block(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f, PageSearchStatus *pss,
                 /* If xbzrle is on, stop using the data compression at this
                  * point. In theory, xbzrle can do better than compression.
                  */
-                flush_compressed_data(rs, f);
+                flush_compressed_data(rs);
                 compression_switch = false;
             }
         }
@@ -1317,12 +1312,11 @@ err:
  *
  * @rs: current RAM state
  * @ms: current migration state
- * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
  * @pss: data about the page we want to send
  * @last_stage: if we are at the completion stage
  * @dirty_ram_abs: address of the start of the dirty page in ram_addr_t space
  */
-static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
+static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
                                 PageSearchStatus *pss,
                                 bool last_stage,
                                 ram_addr_t dirty_ram_abs)
@@ -1333,9 +1327,9 @@ static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
     if (migration_bitmap_clear_dirty(rs, dirty_ram_abs)) {
         unsigned long *unsentmap;
         if (compression_switch && migrate_use_compression()) {
-            res = ram_save_compressed_page(rs, ms, f, pss, last_stage);
+            res = ram_save_compressed_page(rs, ms, pss, last_stage);
         } else {
-            res = ram_save_page(rs, ms, f, pss, last_stage);
+            res = ram_save_page(rs, ms, pss, last_stage);
         }
 
         if (res < 0) {
@@ -1370,12 +1364,11 @@ static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
  *
  * @rs: current RAM state
  * @ms: current migration state
- * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
  * @pss: data about the page we want to send
  * @last_stage: if we are at the completion stage
  * @dirty_ram_abs: Address of the start of the dirty page in ram_addr_t space
  */
-static int ram_save_host_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
+static int ram_save_host_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms,
                               PageSearchStatus *pss,
                               bool last_stage,
                               ram_addr_t dirty_ram_abs)
@@ -1384,8 +1377,7 @@ static int ram_save_host_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
     size_t pagesize = qemu_ram_pagesize(pss->block);
 
     do {
-        tmppages = ram_save_target_page(rs, ms, f, pss, last_stage,
-                                        dirty_ram_abs);
+        tmppages = ram_save_target_page(rs, ms, pss, last_stage, dirty_ram_abs);
         if (tmppages < 0) {
             return tmppages;
         }
@@ -1408,14 +1400,13 @@ static int ram_save_host_page(RAMState *rs, MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
  * Returns the number of pages written where zero means no dirty pages
  *
  * @rs: current RAM state
- * @f: QEMUFile where to send the data
  * @last_stage: if we are at the completion stage
  *
  * On systems where host-page-size > target-page-size it will send all the
  * pages in a host page that are dirty.
  */
 
-static int ram_find_and_save_block(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f, bool last_stage)
+static int ram_find_and_save_block(RAMState *rs, bool last_stage)
 {
     PageSearchStatus pss;
     MigrationState *ms = migrate_get_current();
@@ -1443,12 +1434,11 @@ static int ram_find_and_save_block(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f, bool last_stage)
 
         if (!found) {
             /* priority queue empty, so just search for something dirty */
-            found = find_dirty_block(rs, f, &pss, &again, &dirty_ram_abs);
+            found = find_dirty_block(rs, &pss, &again, &dirty_ram_abs);
         }
 
         if (found) {
-            pages = ram_save_host_page(rs, ms, f, &pss, last_stage,
-                                       dirty_ram_abs);
+            pages = ram_save_host_page(rs, ms, &pss, last_stage, dirty_ram_abs);
         }
     } while (!pages && again);
 
@@ -2148,7 +2138,7 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     while ((ret = qemu_file_rate_limit(f)) == 0) {
         int pages;
 
-        pages = ram_find_and_save_block(rs, f, false);
+        pages = ram_find_and_save_block(rs, false);
         /* no more pages to sent */
         if (pages == 0) {
             done = 1;
@@ -2170,7 +2160,7 @@ static int ram_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
         }
         i++;
     }
-    flush_compressed_data(rs, f);
+    flush_compressed_data(rs);
     rcu_read_unlock();
 
     /*
@@ -2218,14 +2208,14 @@ static int ram_save_complete(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     while (true) {
         int pages;
 
-        pages = ram_find_and_save_block(rs, f, !migration_in_colo_state());
+        pages = ram_find_and_save_block(rs, !migration_in_colo_state());
         /* no more blocks to sent */
         if (pages == 0) {
             break;
         }
     }
 
-    flush_compressed_data(rs, f);
+    flush_compressed_data(rs);
     ram_control_after_iterate(f, RAM_CONTROL_FINISH);
 
     rcu_read_unlock();
