diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/067 b/tests/qemu-iotests/067
index 29cd6b5aff..0508c696a8 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/067
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/067
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ function do_run_qemu()
 
 function run_qemu()
 {
-    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | sed -e 's/\("actual-size":\s*\)[0-9]\+/\1SIZE/g'
+    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu \
+                          | sed -e 's/\("actual-size":\s*\)[0-9]\+/\1SIZE/g'
 }
 
 size=128M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/071 b/tests/qemu-iotests/071
index 5d61ef6d81..9eaa49b419 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/071
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/071
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function do_run_qemu()
 
 function run_qemu()
 {
-    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io
+    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qemu | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io
 }
 
 IMG_SIZE=64M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/071.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/071.out
index 46484ff69c..9205ce2512 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/071.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/071.out
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ read failed: Input/output error
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN"}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", "data": {"device": "ide1-cd0", "tray-open": true}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", "data": {"device": "floppy0", "tray-open": true}}
-qemu-system-x86_64: Failed to flush the L2 table cache: Input/output error
-qemu-system-x86_64: Failed to flush the refcount block cache: Input/output error
+QEMU_PROG: Failed to flush the L2 table cache: Input/output error
+QEMU_PROG: Failed to flush the refcount block cache: Input/output error
 
 
 === Testing blkverify on existing block device ===
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ read failed: Input/output error
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN"}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", "data": {"device": "ide1-cd0", "tray-open": true}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", "data": {"device": "floppy0", "tray-open": true}}
-qemu-system-x86_64: Failed to flush the L2 table cache: Input/output error
-qemu-system-x86_64: Failed to flush the refcount block cache: Input/output error
+QEMU_PROG: Failed to flush the L2 table cache: Input/output error
+QEMU_PROG: Failed to flush the refcount block cache: Input/output error
 
 *** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/081 b/tests/qemu-iotests/081
index 9ab93ff89e..d9b042cfc7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/081
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/081
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function do_run_qemu()
 
 function run_qemu()
 {
-    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io
+    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qemu | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io
 }
 
 test_quorum=$($QEMU_IMG --help|grep quorum)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/087 b/tests/qemu-iotests/087
index d7454d13da..8694749947 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/087
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/087
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ function do_run_qemu()
 
 function run_qemu()
 {
-    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | sed -e 's/\("actual-size":\s*\)[0-9]\+/\1SIZE/g'
+    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu \
+                          | sed -e 's/\("actual-size":\s*\)[0-9]\+/\1SIZE/g'
 }
 
 size=128M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out
index 7d38cc26c5..91f4ea1a8b 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Device with id 'disk' already exists"}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Device name 'test-node' conflicts with an existing node name"}}
-main-loop: WARNING: I/O thread spun for 1000 iterations
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "could not open disk image disk2: node-name=disk is conflicting with a device id"}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "could not open disk image disk2: Duplicate node name"}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "could not open disk image disk3: node-name=disk3 is conflicting with a device id"}}
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/099 b/tests/qemu-iotests/099
index 948afff28b..80f3d9aaf3 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/099
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/099
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function run_qemu()
     # Get the "file": "foo" entry ($foo may only contain escaped double quotes,
     # which is how we can extract it)
     do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt | _filter_qmp \
-        | grep "drv0" \
+        | _filter_qemu | grep "drv0" \
         | sed -e 's/^.*"file": "\(\(\\"\|[^"]\)*\)".*$/\1/' -e 's/\\"/"/g'
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index 6c14590594..bae96efcf3 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ _filter_qemu()
 {
     sed -e "s#\\(^\\|(qemu) \\)$(basename $QEMU_PROG):#\1QEMU_PROG:#" \
         -e 's#^QEMU [0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+ monitor#QEMU X.Y.Z monitor#' \
+        -e '/main-loop: WARNING: I\/O thread spun for [0-9]\+ iterations/d' \
         -e $'s#\r##' # QEMU monitor uses \r\n line endings
 }