diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 4062d96604a4..78b793f51088 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -13374,9 +13374,11 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
     @mock.patch.object(fakelibvirt.Connection, "_mark_running")
     @mock.patch.object(libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver,
                        "_live_migration_copy_disk_paths")
-    def test_live_migration_main(self, mock_copy_disk_path, mock_running,
-                                 mock_guest, mock_monitor, mock_thread,
-                                 mock_conn):
+    @mock.patch.object(libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver, "live_migration_abort")
+    def _test_live_migration_main(self, mock_abort, mock_copy_disk_path,
+                                  mock_running, mock_guest, mock_monitor,
+                                  mock_thread, mock_conn,
+                                  mon_side_effect=None):
         drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
         instance = objects.Instance(**self.test_instance)
 
@@ -13389,6 +13391,7 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
         mock_copy_disk_path.return_value = disks_to_copy
 
         mock_guest.return_value = guest
+        mock_monitor.side_effect = mon_side_effect
 
         def fake_post():
             pass
@@ -13396,9 +13399,15 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
         def fake_recover():
             pass
 
-        drvr._live_migration(self.context, instance, "fakehost",
-                             fake_post, fake_recover, True,
-                             migrate_data)
+        if mon_side_effect:
+            self.assertRaises(mon_side_effect, drvr._live_migration,
+                              self.context, instance, "fakehost", fake_post,
+                              fake_recover, True, migrate_data)
+            mock_abort.assert_called_once_with(instance)
+        else:
+            drvr._live_migration(self.context, instance, "fakehost", fake_post,
+                                 fake_recover, True, migrate_data)
+
         mock_copy_disk_path.assert_called_once_with(self.context, instance,
                                                     guest)
 
@@ -13415,6 +13424,12 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
             fake_post, fake_recover, True,
             migrate_data, AnyEventletEvent(), disks_to_copy[0])
 
+    def test_live_migration_main(self):
+        self._test_live_migration_main()
+
+    def test_live_migration_main_monitoring_failed(self):
+        self._test_live_migration_main(mon_side_effect=Exception)
+
     @mock.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=False)
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.utils.create_image')
     @mock.patch.object(libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver,
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 65f4e44f2731..d14bf3d19a67 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -9962,6 +9962,18 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         except Exception as ex:
             LOG.warning("Error monitoring migration: %(ex)s",
                         {"ex": ex}, instance=instance, exc_info=True)
+            # NOTE(aarents): Ensure job is aborted if still running before
+            # raising the exception so this would avoid the migration to be
+            # done and the libvirt guest to be resumed on the target while
+            # the instance record would still related to the source host.
+            try:
+                # If migration is running in post-copy mode and guest
+                # already running on dest host, libvirt will refuse to
+                # cancel migration job.
+                self.live_migration_abort(instance)
+            except libvirt.libvirtError:
+                LOG.warning("Error occured when trying to abort live ",
+                            "migration job, ignoring it.", instance=instance)
             raise
         finally:
             LOG.debug("Live migration monitoring is all done",