diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 35e78e2172..ccf008c177 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name)
     return bdrv_do_find_format(format_name);
 }
 
-int bdrv_is_whitelisted(BlockDriver *drv, bool read_only)
+static int bdrv_format_is_whitelisted(const char *format_name, bool read_only)
 {
     static const char *whitelist_rw[] = {
         CONFIG_BDRV_RW_WHITELIST
@@ -441,13 +441,13 @@ int bdrv_is_whitelisted(BlockDriver *drv, bool read_only)
     }
 
     for (p = whitelist_rw; *p; p++) {
-        if (!strcmp(drv->format_name, *p)) {
+        if (!strcmp(format_name, *p)) {
             return 1;
         }
     }
     if (read_only) {
         for (p = whitelist_ro; *p; p++) {
-            if (!strcmp(drv->format_name, *p)) {
+            if (!strcmp(format_name, *p)) {
                 return 1;
             }
         }
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ int bdrv_is_whitelisted(BlockDriver *drv, bool read_only)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int bdrv_is_whitelisted(BlockDriver *drv, bool read_only)
+{
+    return bdrv_format_is_whitelisted(drv->format_name, read_only);
+}
+
 bool bdrv_uses_whitelist(void)
 {
     return use_bdrv_whitelist;
@@ -4147,7 +4152,7 @@ static int qsort_strcmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 }
 
 void bdrv_iterate_format(void (*it)(void *opaque, const char *name),
-                         void *opaque)
+                         void *opaque, bool read_only)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv;
     int count = 0;
@@ -4158,6 +4163,11 @@ void bdrv_iterate_format(void (*it)(void *opaque, const char *name),
         if (drv->format_name) {
             bool found = false;
             int i = count;
+
+            if (use_bdrv_whitelist && !bdrv_is_whitelisted(drv, read_only)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             while (formats && i && !found) {
                 found = !strcmp(formats[--i], drv->format_name);
             }
@@ -4176,6 +4186,11 @@ void bdrv_iterate_format(void (*it)(void *opaque, const char *name),
             bool found = false;
             int j = count;
 
+            if (use_bdrv_whitelist &&
+                !bdrv_format_is_whitelisted(format_name, read_only)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             while (formats && j && !found) {
                 found = !strcmp(formats[--j], format_name);
             }
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 7e6bf9955c..871966ca13 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -531,7 +531,9 @@ static BlockBackend *blockdev_init(const char *file, QDict *bs_opts,
     if ((buf = qemu_opt_get(opts, "format")) != NULL) {
         if (is_help_option(buf)) {
             error_printf("Supported formats:");
-            bdrv_iterate_format(bdrv_format_print, NULL);
+            bdrv_iterate_format(bdrv_format_print, NULL, false);
+            error_printf("\nSupported formats (read-only):");
+            bdrv_iterate_format(bdrv_format_print, NULL, true);
             error_printf("\n");
             goto early_err;
         }
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 5b5cf868df..6a758a76f8 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ void bdrv_next_cleanup(BdrvNextIterator *it);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_next_monitor_owned(BlockDriverState *bs);
 bool bdrv_is_encrypted(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_iterate_format(void (*it)(void *opaque, const char *name),
-                         void *opaque);
+                         void *opaque, bool read_only);
 const char *bdrv_get_node_name(const BlockDriverState *bs);
 const char *bdrv_get_device_name(const BlockDriverState *bs);
 const char *bdrv_get_device_or_node_name(const BlockDriverState *bs);
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 660c01898e..5fac840742 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN help(void)
            "  'skip=N' skip N bs-sized blocks at the start of input\n";
 
     printf("%s\nSupported formats:", help_msg);
-    bdrv_iterate_format(format_print, NULL);
+    bdrv_iterate_format(format_print, NULL, false);
     printf("\n\n" QEMU_HELP_BOTTOM "\n");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }