diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 2de7c77983..5c146b5a10 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -1734,6 +1734,7 @@ static int64_t coroutine_fn bdrv_co_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs,
     int64_t n;
     int64_t ret, ret2;
 
+    *file = NULL;
     total_sectors = bdrv_nb_sectors(bs);
     if (total_sectors < 0) {
         return total_sectors;
@@ -1757,11 +1758,11 @@ static int64_t coroutine_fn bdrv_co_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs,
         }
         if (bs->drv->protocol_name) {
             ret |= BDRV_BLOCK_OFFSET_VALID | (sector_num * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
+            *file = bs;
         }
         return ret;
     }
 
-    *file = NULL;
     bdrv_inc_in_flight(bs);
     ret = bs->drv->bdrv_co_get_block_status(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, pnum,
                                             file);
@@ -1771,7 +1772,7 @@ static int64_t coroutine_fn bdrv_co_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
 
     if (ret & BDRV_BLOCK_RAW) {
-        assert(ret & BDRV_BLOCK_OFFSET_VALID);
+        assert(ret & BDRV_BLOCK_OFFSET_VALID && *file);
         ret = bdrv_co_get_block_status(*file, ret >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
                                        *pnum, pnum, file);
         goto out;
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/177 b/tests/qemu-iotests/177
index 2005c174f2..f8ed8fb86b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/177
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/177
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ _supported_proto file
 CLUSTER_SIZE=1M
 size=128M
 options=driver=blkdebug,image.driver=qcow2
+nested_opts=image.file.driver=file,image.file.filename=$TEST_IMG
 
 echo
 echo "== setting up files =="
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ function verify_io()
 }
 
 verify_io | $QEMU_IO -r "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --image-opts "$options,$nested_opts,align=4k" \
+    | _filter_qemu_img_map
 
 _check_test_img
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/177.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/177.out
index e887542678..fcfbfa3b83 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/177.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/177.out
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ read 30408704/30408704 bytes at offset 80740352
 29 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 23068672/23068672 bytes at offset 111149056
 22 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+Offset          Length          File
+0               0x8000000       json:{"image": {"driver": "IMGFMT", "file": {"driver": "file", "filename": "TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT"}}, "driver": "blkdebug", "align": "4k"}
 No errors were found on the image.
 *** done