diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/194 b/tests/qemu-iotests/194
index 68894371f5..c0ce82dd25 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/194
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/194
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ with iotests.FilePath('source.img') as source_img_path, \
 
     while True:
         event1 = source_vm.event_wait('MIGRATION')
+        if event1['data']['status'] == 'postcopy-active':
+            # This event is racy, it depends do we really do postcopy or bitmap
+            # was migrated during downtime (and no data to migrate in postcopy
+            # phase). So, don't log it.
+            continue
         iotests.log(event1, filters=[iotests.filter_qmp_event])
         if event1['data']['status'] in ('completed', 'failed'):
             iotests.log('Gracefully ending the `drive-mirror` job on source...')
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/194.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/194.out
index 4e6df1565a..376ed1d2e6 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/194.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/194.out
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Starting migration...
 {"return": {}}
 {"data": {"status": "setup"}, "event": "MIGRATION", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
 {"data": {"status": "active"}, "event": "MIGRATION", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
-{"data": {"status": "postcopy-active"}, "event": "MIGRATION", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
 {"data": {"status": "completed"}, "event": "MIGRATION", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
 Gracefully ending the `drive-mirror` job on source...
 {"return": {}}