diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 5728a681b2..c8b9088924 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ typedef struct IOMMUTLBEvent {
 #define RAM_SHARED     (1 << 1)
 
 /* Only a portion of RAM (used_length) is actually used, and migrated.
- * This used_length size can change across reboots.
+ * Resizing RAM while migrating can result in the migration being canceled.
  */
 #define RAM_RESIZEABLE (1 << 2)
 
@@ -955,7 +955,9 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_shared_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
  *                                     RAM.  Accesses into the region will
  *                                     modify memory directly.  Only an initial
  *                                     portion of this RAM is actually used.
- *                                     The used size can change across reboots.
+ *                                     Changing the size while migrating
+ *                                     can result in the migration being
+ *                                     canceled.
  *
  * @mr: the #MemoryRegion to be initialized.
  * @owner: the object that tracks the region's reference count
@@ -1586,8 +1588,8 @@ void *memory_region_get_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr);
 
 /* memory_region_ram_resize: Resize a RAM region.
  *
- * Only legal before guest might have detected the memory size: e.g. on
- * incoming migration, or right after reset.
+ * Resizing RAM while migrating can result in the migration being canceled.
+ * Care has to be taken if the guest might have already detected the memory.
  *
  * @mr: a memory region created with @memory_region_init_resizeable_ram.
  * @newsize: the new size the region
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index fdadee290e..4698b47442 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -223,13 +223,18 @@ void migration_object_init(void)
     dirty_bitmap_mig_init();
 }
 
+void migration_cancel(void)
+{
+    migrate_fd_cancel(current_migration);
+}
+
 void migration_shutdown(void)
 {
     /*
      * Cancel the current migration - that will (eventually)
      * stop the migration using this structure
      */
-    migrate_fd_cancel(current_migration);
+    migration_cancel();
     object_unref(OBJECT(current_migration));
 
     /*
@@ -2307,7 +2312,7 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
 
 void qmp_migrate_cancel(Error **errp)
 {
-    migrate_fd_cancel(migrate_get_current());
+    migration_cancel();
 }
 
 void qmp_migrate_continue(MigrationStatus state, Error **errp)
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index db6708326b..f7b388d718 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -375,5 +375,6 @@ int foreach_not_ignored_block(RAMBlockIterFunc func, void *opaque);
 void migration_make_urgent_request(void);
 void migration_consume_urgent_request(void);
 bool migration_rate_limit(void);
+void migration_cancel(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index bb52bd97db..77922c445e 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -4096,8 +4096,38 @@ static SaveVMHandlers savevm_ram_handlers = {
     .resume_prepare = ram_resume_prepare,
 };
 
+static void ram_mig_ram_block_resized(RAMBlockNotifier *n, void *host,
+                                      size_t old_size, size_t new_size)
+{
+    ram_addr_t offset;
+    RAMBlock *rb = qemu_ram_block_from_host(host, false, &offset);
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    if (ramblock_is_ignored(rb)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!migration_is_idle()) {
+        /*
+         * Precopy code on the source cannot deal with the size of RAM blocks
+         * changing at random points in time - especially after sending the
+         * RAM block sizes in the migration stream, they must no longer change.
+         * Abort and indicate a proper reason.
+         */
+        error_setg(&err, "RAM block '%s' resized during precopy.", rb->idstr);
+        migrate_set_error(migrate_get_current(), err);
+        error_free(err);
+        migration_cancel();
+    }
+}
+
+static RAMBlockNotifier ram_mig_ram_notifier = {
+    .ram_block_resized = ram_mig_ram_block_resized,
+};
+
 void ram_mig_init(void)
 {
     qemu_mutex_init(&XBZRLE.lock);
     register_savevm_live("ram", 0, 4, &savevm_ram_handlers, &ram_state);
+    ram_block_notifier_add(&ram_mig_ram_notifier);
 }
diff --git a/softmmu/physmem.c b/softmmu/physmem.c
index 81ec3b85b9..813a3efe8e 100644
--- a/softmmu/physmem.c
+++ b/softmmu/physmem.c
@@ -1798,8 +1798,9 @@ static int memory_try_enable_merging(void *addr, size_t len)
     return qemu_madvise(addr, len, QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE);
 }
 
-/* Only legal before guest might have detected the memory size: e.g. on
- * incoming migration, or right after reset.
+/*
+ * Resizing RAM while migrating can result in the migration being canceled.
+ * Care has to be taken if the guest might have already detected the memory.
  *
  * As memory core doesn't know how is memory accessed, it is up to
  * resize callback to update device state and/or add assertions to detect