diff --git a/include/migration/misc.h b/include/migration/misc.h
index 273ebfca62..8fd36eba1d 100644
--- a/include/migration/misc.h
+++ b/include/migration/misc.h
@@ -119,8 +119,25 @@ bool migrate_uri_parse(const char *uri, MigrationChannel **channel,
                        Error **errp);
 
 /* migration/multifd-device-state.c */
+typedef struct SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData {
+    SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadHandler hdlr;
+    char *idstr;
+    uint32_t instance_id;
+    void *handler_opaque;
+} SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData;
+
 bool multifd_queue_device_state(char *idstr, uint32_t instance_id,
                                 char *data, size_t len);
 bool multifd_device_state_supported(void);
 
+void
+multifd_spawn_device_state_save_thread(SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadHandler hdlr,
+                                       char *idstr, uint32_t instance_id,
+                                       void *opaque);
+
+bool multifd_device_state_save_thread_should_exit(void);
+
+void multifd_abort_device_state_save_threads(void);
+bool multifd_join_device_state_save_threads(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/migration/register.h b/include/migration/register.h
index 58891aa54b..c041ce32f2 100644
--- a/include/migration/register.h
+++ b/include/migration/register.h
@@ -105,6 +105,25 @@ typedef struct SaveVMHandlers {
      */
     int (*save_live_complete_precopy)(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque);
 
+    /**
+     * @save_live_complete_precopy_thread (invoked in a separate thread)
+     *
+     * Called at the end of a precopy phase from a separate worker thread
+     * in configurations where multifd device state transfer is supported
+     * in order to perform asynchronous transmission of the remaining data in
+     * parallel with @save_live_complete_precopy handlers.
+     * When postcopy is enabled, devices that support postcopy will skip this
+     * step.
+     *
+     * @d: a #SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData containing parameters that the
+     * handler may need, including this device section idstr and instance_id,
+     * and opaque data pointer passed to register_savevm_live().
+     * @errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.
+     *
+     * Returns true to indicate success and false for errors.
+     */
+    SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadHandler save_live_complete_precopy_thread;
+
     /* This runs both outside and inside the BQL.  */
 
     /**
diff --git a/include/qemu/typedefs.h b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
index fd23ff7771..42ed4e6be1 100644
--- a/include/qemu/typedefs.h
+++ b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ typedef struct QString QString;
 typedef struct RAMBlock RAMBlock;
 typedef struct Range Range;
 typedef struct ReservedRegion ReservedRegion;
+typedef struct SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData;
 typedef struct SHPCDevice SHPCDevice;
 typedef struct SSIBus SSIBus;
 typedef struct TCGCPUOps TCGCPUOps;
@@ -133,5 +134,7 @@ typedef struct IRQState *qemu_irq;
 typedef void (*qemu_irq_handler)(void *opaque, int n, int level);
 typedef bool (*MigrationLoadThread)(void *opaque, bool *should_quit,
                                     Error **errp);
+typedef bool (*SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadHandler)(SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData *d,
+                                                     Error **errp);
 
 #endif /* QEMU_TYPEDEFS_H */
diff --git a/migration/multifd-device-state.c b/migration/multifd-device-state.c
index 3097ffa310..94222d0eb0 100644
--- a/migration/multifd-device-state.c
+++ b/migration/multifd-device-state.c
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/lockable.h"
+#include "block/thread-pool.h"
+#include "migration.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "multifd.h"
 #include "options.h"
@@ -19,6 +22,9 @@ static struct {
     QemuMutex queue_job_mutex;
 
     MultiFDSendData *send_data;
+
+    ThreadPool *threads;
+    bool threads_abort;
 } *multifd_send_device_state;
 
 void multifd_device_state_send_setup(void)
@@ -29,10 +35,14 @@ void multifd_device_state_send_setup(void)
     qemu_mutex_init(&multifd_send_device_state->queue_job_mutex);
 
     multifd_send_device_state->send_data = multifd_send_data_alloc();
+
+    multifd_send_device_state->threads = thread_pool_new();
+    multifd_send_device_state->threads_abort = false;
 }
 
 void multifd_device_state_send_cleanup(void)
 {
+    g_clear_pointer(&multifd_send_device_state->threads, thread_pool_free);
     g_clear_pointer(&multifd_send_device_state->send_data,
                     multifd_send_data_free);
 
@@ -118,3 +128,85 @@ bool multifd_device_state_supported(void)
     return migrate_multifd() && !migrate_mapped_ram() &&
         migrate_multifd_compression() == MULTIFD_COMPRESSION_NONE;
 }
+
+static void multifd_device_state_save_thread_data_free(void *opaque)
+{
+    SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData *data = opaque;
+
+    g_clear_pointer(&data->idstr, g_free);
+    g_free(data);
+}
+
+static int multifd_device_state_save_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData *data = opaque;
+    g_autoptr(Error) local_err = NULL;
+
+    if (!data->hdlr(data, &local_err)) {
+        MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
+
+        /*
+         * Can't call abort_device_state_save_threads() here since new
+         * save threads could still be in process of being launched
+         * (if, for example, the very first save thread launched exited
+         * with an error very quickly).
+         */
+
+        assert(local_err);
+
+        /*
+         * In case of multiple save threads failing which thread error
+         * return we end setting is purely arbitrary.
+         */
+        migrate_set_error(s, local_err);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+bool multifd_device_state_save_thread_should_exit(void)
+{
+    return qatomic_read(&multifd_send_device_state->threads_abort);
+}
+
+void
+multifd_spawn_device_state_save_thread(SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadHandler hdlr,
+                                       char *idstr, uint32_t instance_id,
+                                       void *opaque)
+{
+    SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData *data;
+
+    assert(multifd_device_state_supported());
+    assert(multifd_send_device_state);
+
+    assert(!qatomic_read(&multifd_send_device_state->threads_abort));
+
+    data = g_new(SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadData, 1);
+    data->hdlr = hdlr;
+    data->idstr = g_strdup(idstr);
+    data->instance_id = instance_id;
+    data->handler_opaque = opaque;
+
+    thread_pool_submit_immediate(multifd_send_device_state->threads,
+                                 multifd_device_state_save_thread,
+                                 data,
+                                 multifd_device_state_save_thread_data_free);
+}
+
+void multifd_abort_device_state_save_threads(void)
+{
+    assert(multifd_device_state_supported());
+
+    qatomic_set(&multifd_send_device_state->threads_abort, true);
+}
+
+bool multifd_join_device_state_save_threads(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    assert(multifd_device_state_supported());
+
+    thread_pool_wait(multifd_send_device_state->threads);
+
+    return !migrate_has_error(s);
+}
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 1abc365570..5c4fdfd95e 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "migration/register.h"
 #include "migration/global_state.h"
 #include "migration/channel-block.h"
+#include "multifd.h"
 #include "ram.h"
 #include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
@@ -1527,6 +1528,24 @@ int qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy_iterable(QEMUFile *f, bool in_postcopy)
     int64_t start_ts_each, end_ts_each;
     SaveStateEntry *se;
     int ret;
+    bool multifd_device_state = multifd_device_state_supported();
+
+    if (multifd_device_state) {
+        QTAILQ_FOREACH(se, &savevm_state.handlers, entry) {
+            SaveLiveCompletePrecopyThreadHandler hdlr;
+
+            if (!se->ops || (in_postcopy && se->ops->has_postcopy &&
+                             se->ops->has_postcopy(se->opaque)) ||
+                !se->ops->save_live_complete_precopy_thread) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            hdlr = se->ops->save_live_complete_precopy_thread;
+            multifd_spawn_device_state_save_thread(hdlr,
+                                                   se->idstr, se->instance_id,
+                                                   se->opaque);
+        }
+    }
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(se, &savevm_state.handlers, entry) {
         if (!se->ops ||
@@ -1552,16 +1571,35 @@ int qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy_iterable(QEMUFile *f, bool in_postcopy)
         save_section_footer(f, se);
         if (ret < 0) {
             qemu_file_set_error(f, ret);
-            return -1;
+            goto ret_fail_abort_threads;
         }
         end_ts_each = qemu_clock_get_us(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME);
         trace_vmstate_downtime_save("iterable", se->idstr, se->instance_id,
                                     end_ts_each - start_ts_each);
     }
 
+    if (multifd_device_state) {
+        if (migrate_has_error(migrate_get_current())) {
+            multifd_abort_device_state_save_threads();
+        }
+
+        if (!multifd_join_device_state_save_threads()) {
+            qemu_file_set_error(f, -EINVAL);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
     trace_vmstate_downtime_checkpoint("src-iterable-saved");
 
     return 0;
+
+ret_fail_abort_threads:
+    if (multifd_device_state) {
+        multifd_abort_device_state_save_threads();
+        multifd_join_device_state_save_threads();
+    }
+
+    return -1;
 }
 
 int qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy_non_iterable(QEMUFile *f,