diff --git a/block/meson.build b/block/meson.build
index 3662852dc2..382bec0e7d 100644
--- a/block/meson.build
+++ b/block/meson.build
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ block_gen_c = custom_target('block-gen.c',
                                       '../include/block/dirty-bitmap.h',
                                       '../include/block/block_int-io.h',
                                       '../include/block/block-global-state.h',
+                                      '../include/sysemu/block-backend-global-state.h',
                                       '../include/sysemu/block-backend-io.h',
                                       'coroutines.h'
                                       ),
diff --git a/include/block/block-global-state.h b/include/block/block-global-state.h
index a38f86dc15..447176414e 100644
--- a/include/block/block-global-state.h
+++ b/include/block/block-global-state.h
@@ -77,16 +77,26 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_insert_node(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *node_options,
                                    int flags, Error **errp);
 int bdrv_drop_filter(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
 
-BdrvChild *bdrv_open_child(const char *filename,
-                           QDict *options, const char *bdref_key,
-                           BlockDriverState *parent,
-                           const BdrvChildClass *child_class,
-                           BdrvChildRole child_role,
-                           bool allow_none, Error **errp);
+BdrvChild * no_coroutine_fn
+bdrv_open_child(const char *filename, QDict *options, const char *bdref_key,
+                BlockDriverState *parent, const BdrvChildClass *child_class,
+                BdrvChildRole child_role, bool allow_none, Error **errp);
+
+BdrvChild * coroutine_fn no_co_wrapper
+bdrv_co_open_child(const char *filename, QDict *options, const char *bdref_key,
+                BlockDriverState *parent, const BdrvChildClass *child_class,
+                BdrvChildRole child_role, bool allow_none, Error **errp);
+
 int bdrv_open_file_child(const char *filename,
                          QDict *options, const char *bdref_key,
                          BlockDriverState *parent, Error **errp);
-BlockDriverState *bdrv_open_blockdev_ref(BlockdevRef *ref, Error **errp);
+
+BlockDriverState * no_coroutine_fn
+bdrv_open_blockdev_ref(BlockdevRef *ref, Error **errp);
+
+BlockDriverState * coroutine_fn no_co_wrapper
+bdrv_co_open_blockdev_ref(BlockdevRef *ref, Error **errp);
+
 int bdrv_set_backing_hd(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *backing_hd,
                         Error **errp);
 int bdrv_set_backing_hd_drained(BlockDriverState *bs,
@@ -94,8 +104,15 @@ int bdrv_set_backing_hd_drained(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                 Error **errp);
 int bdrv_open_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *parent_options,
                            const char *bdref_key, Error **errp);
-BlockDriverState *bdrv_open(const char *filename, const char *reference,
-                            QDict *options, int flags, Error **errp);
+
+BlockDriverState * no_coroutine_fn
+bdrv_open(const char *filename, const char *reference, QDict *options,
+          int flags, Error **errp);
+
+BlockDriverState * coroutine_fn no_co_wrapper
+bdrv_co_open(const char *filename, const char *reference,
+             QDict *options, int flags, Error **errp);
+
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_new_open_driver_opts(BlockDriver *drv,
                                             const char *node_name,
                                             QDict *options, int flags,
diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend-global-state.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend-global-state.h
index 6858e39cb6..2b6d27db7c 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend-global-state.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend-global-state.h
@@ -23,10 +23,23 @@
  */
 
 BlockBackend *blk_new(AioContext *ctx, uint64_t perm, uint64_t shared_perm);
-BlockBackend *blk_new_with_bs(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t perm,
-                              uint64_t shared_perm, Error **errp);
-BlockBackend *blk_new_open(const char *filename, const char *reference,
-                           QDict *options, int flags, Error **errp);
+
+BlockBackend * no_coroutine_fn
+blk_new_with_bs(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t perm, uint64_t shared_perm,
+                Error **errp);
+
+BlockBackend * coroutine_fn no_co_wrapper
+blk_co_new_with_bs(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t perm, uint64_t shared_perm,
+                   Error **errp);
+
+BlockBackend * no_coroutine_fn
+blk_new_open(const char *filename, const char *reference, QDict *options,
+             int flags, Error **errp);
+
+BlockBackend * coroutine_fn no_co_wrapper
+blk_co_new_open(const char *filename, const char *reference, QDict *options,
+                int flags, Error **errp);
+
 int blk_get_refcnt(BlockBackend *blk);
 void blk_ref(BlockBackend *blk);
 void blk_unref(BlockBackend *blk);