2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/hw.h b/hw/hw.h
index c85ce503b4..8e75a040a9 100644
--- a/hw/hw.h
+++ b/hw/hw.h
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ struct VMStateDescription {
     int minimum_version_id;
     int minimum_version_id_old;
     LoadStateHandler *load_state_old;
+    int (*pre_load)(void *opaque);
     int (*post_load)(void *opaque);
     VMStateField *fields;
 };
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 38f99468f8..8ae8d1627d 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,11 @@ int vmstate_load_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
     if  (version_id < vmsd->minimum_version_id) {
         return vmsd->load_state_old(f, opaque, version_id);
     }
+    if (vmsd->pre_load) {
+        int ret = vmsd->pre_load(opaque);
+        if (ret)
+            return ret;
+    }
     while(field->name) {
         if (field->version_id <= version_id) {
             void *base_addr = opaque + field->offset;