diff --git a/tests/migration-test.c b/tests/migration-test.c
index b87ba99a9e..a9f81cc185 100644
--- a/tests/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/migration-test.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static void migrate(QTestState *who, const char *uri, const char *fmt, ...)
     g_assert(!qdict_haskey(args, "uri"));
     qdict_put_str(args, "uri", uri);
 
-    rsp = qmp("{ 'execute': 'migrate', 'arguments': %p}", args);
+    rsp = qtest_qmp(who, "{ 'execute': 'migrate', 'arguments': %p}", args);
 
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(rsp, "return"));
     qobject_unref(rsp);
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static int test_migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to,
         cmd_dst = tmp;
     }
 
-    *from = qtest_start(cmd_src);
+    *from = qtest_init(cmd_src);
     g_free(cmd_src);
 
     *to = qtest_init(cmd_dst);
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static void test_deprecated(void)
 {
     QTestState *from;
 
-    from = qtest_start("-machine none");
+    from = qtest_init("-machine none");
 
     deprecated_set_downtime(from, 0.12345);
     deprecated_set_speed(from, 12345);