diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 2c87186ecf..c19c6c6d42 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1428,9 +1428,11 @@ void bdrv_set_backing_hd(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *backing_hd)
             backing_hd->drv ? backing_hd->drv->format_name : "");
 
     bdrv_op_block_all(backing_hd, bs->backing_blocker);
-    /* Otherwise we won't be able to commit due to check in bdrv_commit */
+    /* Otherwise we won't be able to commit or stream */
     bdrv_op_unblock(backing_hd, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_COMMIT_TARGET,
                     bs->backing_blocker);
+    bdrv_op_unblock(backing_hd, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_STREAM,
+                    bs->backing_blocker);
     /*
      * We do backup in 3 ways:
      * 1. drive backup
diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index 31874817c2..b8ab89a105 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ typedef struct StreamBlockJob {
     BlockDriverState *base;
     BlockdevOnError on_error;
     char *backing_file_str;
+    int bs_flags;
 } StreamBlockJob;
 
 static int coroutine_fn stream_populate(BlockBackend *blk,
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ static void stream_complete(BlockJob *job, void *opaque)
         bdrv_set_backing_hd(bs, base);
     }
 
+    /* Reopen the image back in read-only mode if necessary */
+    if (s->bs_flags != bdrv_get_flags(bs)) {
+        bdrv_reopen(bs, s->bs_flags, NULL);
+    }
+
     g_free(s->backing_file_str);
     block_job_completed(&s->common, data->ret);
     g_free(data);
@@ -220,6 +226,8 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, Error **errp)
 {
     StreamBlockJob *s;
+    BlockDriverState *iter;
+    int orig_bs_flags;
 
     s = block_job_create(job_id, &stream_job_driver, bs, speed,
                          cb, opaque, errp);
@@ -227,8 +235,24 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
         return;
     }
 
+    /* Make sure that the image is opened in read-write mode */
+    orig_bs_flags = bdrv_get_flags(bs);
+    if (!(orig_bs_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
+        if (bdrv_reopen(bs, orig_bs_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR, errp) != 0) {
+            block_job_unref(&s->common);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Block all intermediate nodes between bs and base, because they
+     * will disappear from the chain after this operation */
+    for (iter = backing_bs(bs); iter && iter != base; iter = backing_bs(iter)) {
+        block_job_add_bdrv(&s->common, iter);
+    }
+
     s->base = base;
     s->backing_file_str = g_strdup(backing_file_str);
+    s->bs_flags = orig_bs_flags;
 
     s->on_error = on_error;
     s->common.co = qemu_coroutine_create(stream_run, s);