diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
index df57e6550a..a87a5efa42 100644
--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
@@ -727,6 +727,15 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qlist;
     .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
 }
 
+#define VMSTATE_BUFFER_POINTER_UNSAFE(_field, _state, _version, _size) { \
+    .name       = (stringify(_field)),                               \
+    .version_id = (_version),                                        \
+    .size       = (_size),                                           \
+    .info       = &vmstate_info_buffer,                              \
+    .flags      = VMS_BUFFER | VMS_POINTER,                          \
+    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+}
+
 /* Allocate a temporary of type 'tmp_type', set tmp->parent to _state
  * and execute the vmsd on the temporary.  Note that we're working with
  * the whole of _state here, not a field within it.