diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index e62da93..8e27a4c 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -357,11 +357,20 @@ static int colo_do_checkpoint_transaction(MigrationState *s,
         goto out;
     }
 
+    colo_send_message(s->to_dst_file, COLO_MESSAGE_VMSTATE_SEND, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     /* Disable block migration */
     s->params.blk = 0;
     s->params.shared = 0;
-    qemu_savevm_state_header(fb);
-    qemu_savevm_state_begin(fb, &s->params);
+    qemu_savevm_state_begin(s->to_dst_file, &s->params);
+    ret = qemu_file_get_error(s->to_dst_file);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_report("Save VM state begin error");
+        goto out;
+    }
 
     /* We call this API although this may do nothing on primary side. */
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
@@ -372,15 +381,21 @@ static int colo_do_checkpoint_transaction(MigrationState *s,
     }
 
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy(fb, false);
+    /*
+     * Only save VM's live state, which not including device state.
+     * TODO: We may need a timeout mechanism to prevent COLO process
+     * to be blocked here.
+     */
+    qemu_savevm_live_state(s->to_dst_file);
+    /* Note: device state is saved into buffer */
+    ret = qemu_save_device_state(fb);
     qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-
-    qemu_fflush(fb);
-
-    colo_send_message(s->to_dst_file, COLO_MESSAGE_VMSTATE_SEND, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_report("Save device state error");
         goto out;
     }
+    qemu_fflush(fb);
+
     /*
      * We need the size of the VMstate data in Secondary side,
      * With which we can decide how much data should be read.
@@ -621,6 +636,7 @@ void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque)
     uint64_t total_size;
     uint64_t value;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
+    int ret;
 
     qemu_sem_init(&mis->colo_incoming_sem, 0);
 
@@ -693,6 +709,17 @@ void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque)
             goto out;
         }
 
+        ret = qemu_loadvm_state_begin(mis->from_src_file);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_report("Load vm state begin error, ret=%d", ret);
+            goto out;
+        }
+        ret = qemu_loadvm_state_main(mis->from_src_file, mis);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_report("Load VM's live state (ram) error");
+            goto out;
+        }
+
         value = colo_receive_message_value(mis->from_src_file,
                                  COLO_MESSAGE_VMSTATE_SIZE, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
@@ -726,8 +753,10 @@ void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque)
         qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
         qemu_system_reset(VMRESET_SILENT);
         vmstate_loading = true;
-        if (qemu_loadvm_state(fb) < 0) {
-            error_report("COLO: loadvm failed");
+        colo_flush_ram_cache();
+        ret = qemu_load_device_state(fb);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_report("COLO: load device state failed");
             qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
             goto out;
         }
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index df10d4b..f171a82 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -2602,7 +2602,6 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     bool postcopy_running = postcopy_state_get() >= POSTCOPY_INCOMING_LISTENING;
     /* ADVISE is earlier, it shows the source has the postcopy capability on */
     bool postcopy_advised = postcopy_state_get() >= POSTCOPY_INCOMING_ADVISE;
-    bool need_flush = false;
 
     seq_iter++;
 
@@ -2637,7 +2636,6 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
             /* After going into COLO, we should load the Page into colo_cache */
             if (migration_incoming_in_colo_state()) {
                 host = colo_cache_from_block_offset(block, addr);
-                need_flush = true;
             } else {
                 host = host_from_ram_block_offset(block, addr);
             }
@@ -2745,9 +2743,6 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     rcu_read_unlock();
     trace_ram_load_complete(ret, seq_iter);
 
-    if (!ret  && ram_cache_enable && need_flush) {
-        colo_flush_ram_cache();
-    }
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 8c2ce0b..60d346c 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,10 @@ void qemu_savevm_state_begin(QEMUFile *f,
             break;
         }
     }
+    if (migration_in_colo_state()) {
+        qemu_put_byte(f, QEMU_VM_EOF);
+        qemu_fflush(f);
+    }
 }
 
 /*
