diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 17a5c16c79bddaac3866e3805cbbf23b9003f51e..9b40380d7c42e517d0bc49ad445437372569d652 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1291,12 +1291,12 @@ static void migrate_params_test_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params,
 
     if (params->has_tls_creds) {
         assert(params->tls_creds->type == QTYPE_QSTRING);
-        dest->tls_creds = g_strdup(params->tls_creds->u.s);
+        dest->tls_creds = params->tls_creds->u.s;
     }
 
     if (params->has_tls_hostname) {
         assert(params->tls_hostname->type == QTYPE_QSTRING);
-        dest->tls_hostname = g_strdup(params->tls_hostname->u.s);
+        dest->tls_hostname = params->tls_hostname->u.s;
     }
 
     if (params->has_max_bandwidth) {
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index ba1e729c395f7d3b67c1fda9c356eae390ffbed4..d4ac69689940e83d6a2a541ef39c8c074e7a954b 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,16 @@ static void multifd_tls_outgoing_handshake(QIOTask *task,
     } else {
         trace_multifd_tls_outgoing_handshake_complete(ioc);
     }
-    multifd_channel_connect(p, ioc, err);
+
+    if (!multifd_channel_connect(p, ioc, err)) {
+        /*
+         * Error happen, mark multifd_send_thread status as 'quit' although it
+         * is not created, and then tell who pay attention to me.
+         */
+        p->quit = true;
+        qemu_sem_post(&multifd_send_state->channels_ready);
+        qemu_sem_post(&p->sem_sync);
+    }
 }
 
 static void *multifd_tls_handshake_thread(void *opaque)
@@ -1575,9 +1584,9 @@ static bool multifd_channel_connect(MultiFDSendParams *p,
                  * function after the TLS handshake,
                  * so we mustn't call multifd_send_thread until then
                  */
-                return false;
-            } else {
                 return true;
+            } else {
+                return false;
             }
         } else {
             /* update for tls qio channel */
@@ -1585,10 +1594,10 @@ static bool multifd_channel_connect(MultiFDSendParams *p,
             qemu_thread_create(&p->thread, p->name, multifd_send_thread, p,
                                    QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
        }
-       return false;
+       return true;
     }
 
-    return true;
+    return false;
 }
 
 static void multifd_new_send_channel_cleanup(MultiFDSendParams *p,
@@ -1620,7 +1629,7 @@ static void multifd_new_send_channel_async(QIOTask *task, gpointer opaque)
         p->c = QIO_CHANNEL(sioc);
         qio_channel_set_delay(p->c, false);
         p->running = true;
-        if (multifd_channel_connect(p, sioc, local_err)) {
+        if (!multifd_channel_connect(p, sioc, local_err)) {
             goto cleanup;
         }
         return;