diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py
index 36eb54df98..245e0f39d5 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ class GuestTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self.guest.migrate('an-uri', domain_xml='</xml>',
                            params={'p1': 'v1'}, flags=1, bandwidth=2)
         self.domain.migrateToURI3.assert_called_once_with(
-            'an-uri', flags=1, params={'p1': 'v1'})
+            'an-uri', flags=1, params={'p1': 'v1', 'bandwidth': 2})
 
     def test_abort_job(self):
         self.guest.abort_job()
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 82dc2b99f6..b5201d733e 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -6327,7 +6327,6 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
             if self._host.has_min_version(
                     MIN_LIBVIRT_BLOCK_LM_WITH_VOLUMES_VERSION):
                 params = {
-                    'bandwidth': CONF.libvirt.live_migration_bandwidth,
                     'destination_xml': new_xml_str,
                     'migrate_disks': device_names,
                 }
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
index ed614f60dc..f533edf431 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
@@ -640,10 +640,11 @@ class Guest(object):
                 destination, flags=flags, bandwidth=bandwidth)
         else:
             if params:
+                # In migrateToURI3 these parameters are extracted from the
+                # `params` dict
                 if migrate_uri:
-                    # In migrateToURI3 this parameter is searched in
-                    # the `params` dict
                     params['migrate_uri'] = migrate_uri
+                params['bandwidth'] = bandwidth
                 self._domain.migrateToURI3(
                     destination, params=params, flags=flags)
             else: