diff --git a/doc/source/admin/scheduling.rst b/doc/source/admin/scheduling.rst
index 9071c92ac9f..a8d3229a8dc 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/scheduling.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/scheduling.rst
@@ -1122,10 +1122,9 @@ scheduling.
 Usage scenarios
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Since allocation ratios can be set via nova configuration, host aggregate
-metadata and the placement API, it can be confusing to know which should be
-used. This really depends on your scenario. A few common scenarios are detailed
-here.
+Since allocation ratios can be set via nova configuration and the placement
+API, it can be confusing to know which should be used. This really depends on
+your scenario. A few common scenarios are detailed here.
 
 1. When the deployer wants to **always** set an override value for a resource
    on a compute node, the deployer should ensure that the
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 774498b69f4..ffa9ff18f9f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ def _create_test_instance():
         'numa_topology': None,
         'config_drive': None,
         'vm_mode': None,
+        'vm_state': None,
         'kernel_id': None,
         'ramdisk_id': None,
         'os_type': 'linux',
@@ -12313,7 +12314,7 @@ def test_live_migration_update_volume_xml(self, mock_xml,
                                     mock_updated_guest_xml,
                                     mock_migrateToURI3):
         self.compute = manager.ComputeManager()
-        instance_ref = self.test_instance
+        instance_ref = objects.Instance(**self.test_instance)
         target_connection = '127.0.0.2'
 
         target_xml = self.device_xml_tmpl.format(
@@ -12482,7 +12483,7 @@ def test_live_migration_with_valid_target_connect_addr(self, mock_xml,
                                                       mock_migrateToURI3,
                                                       mock_min_version):
         self.compute = manager.ComputeManager()
-        instance_ref = self.test_instance
+        instance_ref = objects.Instance(**self.test_instance)
         target_connection = '127.0.0.2'
 
         target_xml = self.device_xml_tmpl.format(
@@ -13097,6 +13098,33 @@ def test_block_live_migration_tunnelled_migrateToURI3(
             drvr._live_migration_uri(target_connection),
             params=params, flags=expected_flags)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(host.Host, 'has_min_version', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch.object(fakelibvirt.virDomain, "migrateToURI3")
+    @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.migration.get_updated_guest_xml',
+                return_value='')
+    def test_live_migration_paused_instance_postcopy(self, mock_new_xml,
+                                                     mock_migrateToURI3,
+                                                     mock_min_version):
+        disk_paths = []
+        params = {'bandwidth': CONF.libvirt.live_migration_bandwidth}
+        migrate_data = objects.LibvirtLiveMigrateData(block_migration=False,
+                                                      serial_listen_addr=False)
+        dom = fakelibvirt.virDomain
+        guest = libvirt_guest.Guest(dom)
+        drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
+        drvr._parse_migration_flags()
+        instance = objects.Instance(**self.test_instance)
+        instance.vm_state = vm_states.PAUSED
+
+        drvr._live_migration_operation(self.context, instance, 'dest',
+                                       True, migrate_data, guest,
+                                       disk_paths)
+
+        # Verify VIR_MIGRATE_POSTCOPY flag was not set
+        self.assertEqual(drvr._live_migration_flags, 27)
+        mock_migrateToURI3.assert_called_once_with(
+            drvr._live_migration_uri('dest'), params=params, flags=27)
+
     @mock.patch.object(host.Host, 'has_min_version', return_value=True)
     @mock.patch.object(fakelibvirt.virDomain, "migrateToURI3")
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.migration.get_updated_guest_xml',
@@ -13106,7 +13134,6 @@ def test_block_live_migration_native_tls(
             self, mock_old_xml, mock_new_xml,
             mock_migrateToURI3, mock_min_version):
         self.flags(live_migration_with_native_tls=True, group='libvirt')
-
         target_connection = None
         disk_paths = ['vda', 'vdb']
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py
index c648108f561..37744ea9f7f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py
@@ -710,6 +710,10 @@ def test_get_machine_type_from_image(self):
         os_mach_type = libvirt_utils.get_machine_type(image_meta)
         self.assertEqual('q35', os_mach_type)
 
+    def test_make_reverse_cpu_traits_mapping(self):
+        for k in libvirt_utils.make_reverse_cpu_traits_mapping():
+            self.assertIsInstance(k, str)
+
     def test_get_flags_by_flavor_specs(self):
         flavor = objects.Flavor(
             id=1, flavorid='fakeid-1', name='fake1.small', memory_mb=128,
@@ -718,11 +722,15 @@ def test_get_flags_by_flavor_specs(self):
                 'trait:%s' % os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_3DNOW: 'required',
                 'trait:%s' % os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_SSE2: 'required',
                 'trait:%s' % os_traits.HW_CPU_HYPERTHREADING: 'required',
+                'trait:%s' % os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_INTEL_VMX: 'required',
+                'trait:%s' % os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_VMX: 'required',
+                'trait:%s' % os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_SVM: 'required',
+                'trait:%s' % os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_AMD_SVM: 'required',
             })
         traits = libvirt_utils.get_flags_by_flavor_specs(flavor)
         # we shouldn't see the hyperthreading trait since that's a valid trait
         # but not a CPU flag
-        self.assertEqual(set(['3dnow', 'sse2']), traits)
+        self.assertEqual(set(['3dnow', 'sse2', 'vmx', 'svm']), traits)
 
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.utils.copy_image')
     @mock.patch('nova.privsep.path.chown')
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 7f02c8ed47f..6005bf3c628 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -10152,6 +10152,17 @@ def _live_migration_operation(self, context, instance, dest,
             else:
                 migration_flags = self._live_migration_flags
 
+            # Note(siva_krishnan): live migrating paused instance fails
+            # when VIR_MIGRATE_POSTCOPY flag is set. It is unset here
+            # to permit live migration of paused instance.
+            if (
+                instance.vm_state == vm_states.PAUSED and
+                self._is_post_copy_enabled(migration_flags)
+            ):
+                LOG.debug('Post-copy flag unset because instance is paused.',
+                          instance=instance)
+                migration_flags ^= libvirt.VIR_MIGRATE_POSTCOPY
+
             if not migrate_data.serial_listen_addr:
                 # In this context we want to ensure that serial console is
                 # disabled on source node. This is because nova couldn't
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
index adb2ec45a12..bec3b71e2bd 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
@@ -103,8 +103,20 @@
     'xop': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_XOP
 }
 
+
+def make_reverse_cpu_traits_mapping() -> ty.Dict[str, str]:
+    traits_cpu_mapping = dict()
+    for k, v in CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING.items():
+        if isinstance(v, tuple):
+            for trait in v:
+                traits_cpu_mapping[trait] = k
+        else:
+            traits_cpu_mapping[v] = k
+    return traits_cpu_mapping
+
+
 # Reverse CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING
-TRAITS_CPU_MAPPING = {v: k for k, v in CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING.items()}
+TRAITS_CPU_MAPPING = make_reverse_cpu_traits_mapping()
 
 # global directory for emulated TPM
 VTPM_DIR = '/var/lib/libvirt/swtpm/'