diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 2ce97a5d3b..47a34841a5 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h"
 
-GlobalProperty hw_compat_8_0[] = {};
+GlobalProperty hw_compat_8_0[] = {
+    { "migration", "multifd-flush-after-each-section", "on"},
+};
 const size_t hw_compat_8_0_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(hw_compat_8_0);
 
 GlobalProperty hw_compat_7_2[] = {
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 2b71df8617..e2247d708f 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -404,6 +404,18 @@ struct MigrationState {
      */
     bool preempt_pre_7_2;
 
+    /*
+     * flush every channel after each section sent.
+     *
+     * This assures that we can't mix pages from one iteration through
+     * ram pages with pages for the following iteration.  We really
+     * only need to do this flush after we have go through all the
+     * dirty pages.  For historical reasons, we do that after each
+     * section.  This is suboptimal (we flush too many times).
+     * Default value is false.  Setting this property has no effect
+     * until the patch that removes this comment.  (since 8.1)
+     */
+    bool multifd_flush_after_each_section;
     /*
      * This decides the size of guest memory chunk that will be used
      * to track dirty bitmap clearing.  The size of memory chunk will
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index f2a77cdef1..690c8f718e 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ Property migration_properties[] = {
                      send_section_footer, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("decompress-error-check", MigrationState,
                       decompress_error_check, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("multifd-flush-after-each-section", MigrationState,
+                      multifd_flush_after_each_section, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("x-clear-bitmap-shift", MigrationState,
                       clear_bitmap_shift, CLEAR_BITMAP_SHIFT_DEFAULT),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-preempt-pre-7-2", MigrationState,
@@ -335,6 +337,17 @@ bool migrate_zero_copy_send(void)
 
 /* pseudo capabilities */
 
+bool migrate_multifd_flush_after_each_section(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    /*
+     * Until the patch that remove this comment, we always return that
+     * the property is enabled.
+     */
+    return true || s->multifd_flush_after_each_section;
+}
+
 bool migrate_postcopy(void)
 {
     return migrate_postcopy_ram() || migrate_dirty_bitmaps();
diff --git a/migration/options.h b/migration/options.h
index 00854d60f9..3c322867cd 100644
--- a/migration/options.h
+++ b/migration/options.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ bool migrate_zero_copy_send(void);
  * check, but they are not a capability.
  */
 
+bool migrate_multifd_flush_after_each_section(void);
 bool migrate_postcopy(void);
 bool migrate_tls(void);