diff --git a/migration/multifd-qatzip.c b/migration/multifd-qatzip.c
index f66336a4a7..13835cf76f 100644
--- a/migration/multifd-qatzip.c
+++ b/migration/multifd-qatzip.c
@@ -18,86 +18,351 @@
 #include "migration.h"
 #include "options.h"
 #include "multifd.h"
+#include <qatzip.h>
 
-/*
- * This is an intermediary file to introduce 'qatzip' as an option for multifd
- * compression. The actual method implementations are no-ops.
- */
+struct qatzip_data {
+    /*
+     * Unique session for use with QATzip API
+     */
+    QzSession_T sess;
+
+    /*
+     * For compression: Buffer for pages to compress
+     * For decompression: Buffer for data to decompress
+     */
+    uint8_t *in_buf;
+    uint32_t in_len;
 
+    /*
+     * For compression: Output buffer of compressed data
+     * For decompression: Output buffer of decompressed data
+     */
+    uint8_t *out_buf;
+    uint32_t out_len;
+};
+
+/**
+ * qatzip_send_setup: Set up QATzip session and private buffers.
+ *
+ * @param p    Multifd channel params
+ * @param errp Pointer to error, which will be set in case of error
+ * @return     0 on success, -1 on error (and *errp will be set)
+ */
 static int qatzip_send_setup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
-    if (migrate_zero_copy_send()) {
-        p->write_flags |= QIO_CHANNEL_WRITE_FLAG_ZERO_COPY;
+    struct qatzip_data *q;
+    QzSessionParamsDeflate_T params;
+    const char *err_msg;
+    int ret;
+    int sw_fallback;
+
+    q = g_new0(struct qatzip_data, 1);
+    p->data = q;
+
+    sw_fallback = 0;
+    if (migrate_multifd_qatzip_sw_fallback()) {
+        sw_fallback = 1;
+    }
+
+    ret = qzInit(&q->sess, sw_fallback);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK && ret != QZ_DUPLICATE) {
+        err_msg = "qzInit failed";
+        goto err_free_q;
+    }
+
+    ret = qzGetDefaultsDeflate(&params);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK) {
+        err_msg = "qzGetDefaultsDeflate failed";
+        goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    /* Make sure to use configured QATzip compression level. */
+    params.common_params.comp_lvl = migrate_multifd_qatzip_level();
+
+    ret = qzSetupSessionDeflate(&q->sess, &params);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK && ret != QZ_DUPLICATE) {
+        err_msg = "qzSetupSessionDeflate failed";
+        goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    /* TODO Add support for larger packets. */
+    if (MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE > UINT32_MAX) {
+        err_msg = "packet size too large for QAT";
+        goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    q->in_len = MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE;
+    q->in_buf = qzMalloc(q->in_len, 0, PINNED_MEM);
+    if (!q->in_buf) {
+        err_msg = "qzMalloc failed";
+        goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    q->out_len = qzMaxCompressedLength(MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE, &q->sess);
+    q->out_buf = qzMalloc(q->out_len, 0, PINNED_MEM);
+    if (!q->out_buf) {
+        err_msg = "qzMalloc failed";
+        goto err_free_inbuf;
     }
 
     return 0;
+
+err_free_inbuf:
+    qzFree(q->in_buf);
+err_close:
+    qzClose(&q->sess);
+err_free_q:
+    g_free(q);
+    error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: %s", p->id, err_msg);
+    return -1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * qatzip_send_cleanup: Tear down QATzip session and release private buffers.
+ *
+ * @param p    Multifd channel params
+ * @param errp Pointer to error, which will be set in case of error
+ * @return     None
+ */
 static void qatzip_send_cleanup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
+    struct qatzip_data *q = p->data;
+    const char *err_msg;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = qzTeardownSession(&q->sess);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK) {
+        err_msg = "qzTeardownSession failed";
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    ret = qzClose(&q->sess);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK) {
+        err_msg = "qzClose failed";
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    qzFree(q->in_buf);
+    q->in_buf = NULL;
+    qzFree(q->out_buf);
+    q->out_buf = NULL;
+    g_free(p->data);
+    p->data = NULL;
     return;
+
+err:
+    error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: %s", p->id, err_msg);
 }
 
+/**
+ * qatzip_send_prepare: Compress pages and update IO channel info.
+ *
+ * @param p    Multifd channel params
+ * @param errp Pointer to error, which will be set in case of error
+ * @return     0 on success, -1 on error (and *errp will be set)
+ */
 static int qatzip_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
-    bool use_zero_copy_send = migrate_zero_copy_send();
     MultiFDPages_t *pages = p->pages;
+    struct qatzip_data *q = p->data;
     int ret;
+    unsigned int in_len, out_len;
 
-    if (!use_zero_copy_send) {
-        /*
-         * Only !zerocopy needs the header in IOV; zerocopy will
-         * send it separately.
-         */
-        multifd_send_prepare_header(p);
-    }
+    multifd_send_prepare_header(p);
 
+    /* memcpy all the pages into one buffer. */
     for (int i = 0; i < pages->num; i++) {
-        p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_base = pages->block->host + pages->offset[i];
-        p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_len = p->page_size;
-        p->iovs_num++;
+        memcpy(q->in_buf + (i * p->page_size),
+               p->pages->block->host + pages->offset[i],
+               p->page_size);
     }
 
-    p->next_packet_size = pages->num * p->page_size;
-    p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_NOCOMP;
-
-    multifd_send_fill_packet(p);
+    in_len = pages->num * p->page_size;
+    if (in_len > q->in_len) {
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: unexpectedly large input", p->id);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    out_len = q->out_len;
 
-    if (use_zero_copy_send) {
-        /* Send header first, without zerocopy */
-        ret = qio_channel_write_all(p->c, (void *)p->packet,
-                                    p->packet_len, errp);
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            return -1;
-        }
+    /*
+     * Unlike other multifd compression implementations, we use a non-streaming
+     * API and place all the data into one buffer, rather than sending each page
+     * to the compression API at a time. Based on initial benchmarks, the
+     * non-streaming API outperforms the streaming API. Plus, the logic in QEMU
+     * is friendly to using the non-streaming API anyway. If either of these
+     * statements becomes no longer true, we can revisit adding a streaming
+     * implementation.
+     */
+    ret = qzCompress(&q->sess, q->in_buf, &in_len, q->out_buf, &out_len, 1);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK) {
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: QATzip returned %d instead of QZ_OK",
+                   p->id, ret);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (in_len != pages->num * p->page_size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: QATzip failed to compress all input",
+                   p->id);
+        return -1;
     }
 
+    p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_base = q->out_buf;
+    p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_len = out_len;
+    p->iovs_num++;
+    p->next_packet_size = out_len;
+    p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_QATZIP;
+
+    multifd_send_fill_packet(p);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * qatzip_recv_setup: Set up QATzip session and allocate private buffers.
+ *
+ * @param p    Multifd channel params
+ * @param errp Pointer to error, which will be set in case of error
+ * @return     0 on success, -1 on error (and *errp will be set)
+ */
 static int qatzip_recv_setup(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
+    struct qatzip_data *q;
+    QzSessionParamsDeflate_T params;
+    const char *err_msg;
+    int ret;
+    int sw_fallback;
+
+    q = g_new0(struct qatzip_data, 1);
+    p->data = q;
+
+    sw_fallback = 0;
+    if (migrate_multifd_qatzip_sw_fallback()) {
+        sw_fallback = 1;
+    }
+
+    ret = qzInit(&q->sess, sw_fallback);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK && ret != QZ_DUPLICATE) {
+        err_msg = "qzInit failed";
+        goto err_free_q;
+    }
+
+    ret = qzGetDefaultsDeflate(&params);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK) {
+        err_msg = "qzGetDefaultsDeflate failed";
+        goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    /* Make sure to use configured QATzip compression level. */
+    params.common_params.comp_lvl = migrate_multifd_qatzip_level();
+
+    ret = qzSetupSessionDeflate(&q->sess, &params);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK && ret != QZ_DUPLICATE) {
+        err_msg = "qzSetupSessionDeflate failed";
+        goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Mimic multifd-zlib, which reserves extra space for the
+     * incoming packet.
+     */
+    q->in_len = MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE * 2;
+    q->in_buf = qzMalloc(q->in_len, 0, PINNED_MEM);
+    if (!q->in_buf) {
+        err_msg = "qzMalloc failed";
+        goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    q->out_len = MULTIFD_PACKET_SIZE;
+    q->out_buf = qzMalloc(q->out_len, 0, PINNED_MEM);
+    if (!q->out_buf) {
+        err_msg = "qzMalloc failed";
+        goto err_free_inbuf;
+    }
+
     return 0;
+
+err_free_inbuf:
+    qzFree(q->in_buf);
+err_close:
+    qzClose(&q->sess);
+err_free_q:
+    g_free(q);
+    error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: %s", p->id, err_msg);
+    return -1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * qatzip_recv_cleanup: Tear down QATzip session and release private buffers.
+ *
+ * @param p    Multifd channel params
+ * @return     None
+ */
 static void qatzip_recv_cleanup(MultiFDRecvParams *p)
 {
+    struct qatzip_data *q = p->data;
+
+    /* Ignoring return values here due to function signature. */
+    qzTeardownSession(&q->sess);
+    qzClose(&q->sess);
+    qzFree(q->in_buf);
+    qzFree(q->out_buf);
+    g_free(p->data);
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * qatzip_recv_pages: Decompress pages and copy them to the appropriate
+ * locations.
+ *
+ * @param p    Multifd channel params
+ * @param errp Pointer to error, which will be set in case of error
+ * @return     0 on success, -1 on error (and *errp will be set)
+ */
 static int qatzip_recv_pages(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
+    struct qatzip_data *q = p->data;
+    int ret;
+    unsigned int in_len, out_len;
+    uint32_t in_size = p->next_packet_size;
+    uint32_t expected_size = p->normal_num * p->page_size;
     uint32_t flags = p->flags & MULTIFD_FLAG_COMPRESSION_MASK;
 
-    if (flags != MULTIFD_FLAG_NOCOMP) {
+    if (in_size > q->in_len) {
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: received unexpectedly large packet",
+                   p->id);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (flags != MULTIFD_FLAG_QATZIP) {
         error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: flags received %x flags expected %x",
-                   p->id, flags, MULTIFD_FLAG_NOCOMP);
+                   p->id, flags, MULTIFD_FLAG_QATZIP);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    ret = qio_channel_read_all(p->c, (void *)q->in_buf, in_size, errp);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    in_len = in_size;
+    out_len = q->out_len;
+    ret = qzDecompress(&q->sess, q->in_buf, &in_len, q->out_buf, &out_len);
+    if (ret != QZ_OK) {
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: qzDecompress failed", p->id);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (out_len != expected_size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd %u: packet size received %u size expected %u",
+                   p->id, out_len, expected_size);
         return -1;
     }
+
+    /* Copy each page to its appropriate location. */
     for (int i = 0; i < p->normal_num; i++) {
-        p->iov[i].iov_base = p->host + p->normal[i];
-        p->iov[i].iov_len = p->page_size;
+        memcpy(p->host + p->normal[i],
+               q->out_buf + p->page_size * i,
+               p->page_size);
     }
-    return qio_channel_readv_all(p->c, p->iov, p->normal_num, errp);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static MultiFDMethods multifd_qatzip_ops = {
