diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 7f73ff0af1..a9a48df6d9 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4640,7 +4640,32 @@ int bdrv_aio_multiwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockRequest *reqs, int num_reqs)
 
 void bdrv_aio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb)
 {
-    acb->aiocb_info->cancel(acb);
+    if (acb->aiocb_info->cancel) {
+        acb->aiocb_info->cancel(acb);
+    } else {
+        qemu_aio_ref(acb);
+        bdrv_aio_cancel_async(acb);
+        while (acb->refcnt > 1) {
+            if (acb->aiocb_info->get_aio_context) {
+                aio_poll(acb->aiocb_info->get_aio_context(acb), true);
+            } else if (acb->bs) {
+                aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(acb->bs), true);
+            } else {
+                abort();
+            }
+        }
+        qemu_aio_release(acb);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Async version of aio cancel. The caller is not blocked if the acb implements
+ * cancel_async, otherwise we do nothing and let the request normally complete.
+ * In either case the completion callback must be called. */
+void bdrv_aio_cancel_async(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb)
+{
+    if (acb->aiocb_info->cancel_async) {
+        acb->aiocb_info->cancel_async(acb);
+    }
 }
 
 /**************************************************************/
diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 2626fc745f..ad361e34c7 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ typedef void BlockDriverCompletionFunc(void *opaque, int ret);
 
 typedef struct AIOCBInfo {
     void (*cancel)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
+    void (*cancel_async)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
+    AioContext *(*get_aio_context)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
     size_t aiocb_size;
 } AIOCBInfo;
 
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 07d6d8e67e..3318f0dfbe 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ BlockDriverAIOCB *bdrv_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                    int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
                                    BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
 void bdrv_aio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
+void bdrv_aio_cancel_async(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
 
 typedef struct BlockRequest {
     /* Fields to be filled by multiwrite caller */