diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 6cf2f974aa..bd3614ce70 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn backup_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed)
     }
 }
 
-static void backup_cancel(Job *job)
+static void backup_cancel(Job *job, bool force)
 {
     BackupBlockJob *s = container_of(job, BackupBlockJob, common.job);
 
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 840b8e8c15..019f6deaa5 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1178,12 +1178,14 @@ static bool mirror_drained_poll(BlockJob *job)
     return !!s->in_flight;
 }
 
-static void mirror_cancel(Job *job)
+static void mirror_cancel(Job *job, bool force)
 {
     MirrorBlockJob *s = container_of(job, MirrorBlockJob, common.job);
     BlockDriverState *target = blk_bs(s->target);
 
-    bdrv_cancel_in_flight(target);
+    if (force || !job_is_ready(job)) {
+        bdrv_cancel_in_flight(target);
+    }
 }
 
 static const BlockJobDriver mirror_job_driver = {
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index c823f5b1b3..731ffedb27 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
      * of in-flight requests, so don't waste the time if possible.
      *
      * One example usage is to avoid waiting for an nbd target node reconnect
-     * timeout during job-cancel.
+     * timeout during job-cancel with force=true.
      */
     void (*bdrv_cancel_in_flight)(BlockDriverState *bs);
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/job.h b/include/qemu/job.h
index efc6fa7544..41162ed494 100644
--- a/include/qemu/job.h
+++ b/include/qemu/job.h
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct JobDriver {
     /**
      * If the callback is not NULL, it will be invoked in job_cancel_async
      */
-    void (*cancel)(Job *job);
+    void (*cancel)(Job *job, bool force);
 
 
     /** Called when the job is freed */
diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
index 4aff13d95a..8775c1803b 100644
--- a/job.c
+++ b/job.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static int job_finalize_single(Job *job)
 static void job_cancel_async(Job *job, bool force)
 {
     if (job->driver->cancel) {
-        job->driver->cancel(job);
+        job->driver->cancel(job, force);
     }
     if (job->user_paused) {
         /* Do not call job_enter here, the caller will handle it.  */
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/264 b/tests/qemu-iotests/264
index 4f96825a22..bc431d1a19 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/264
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/264
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class TestNbdReconnect(iotests.QMPTestCase):
             self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
 
     def cancel_job(self):
-        result = self.vm.qmp('block-job-cancel', device='drive0')
+        result = self.vm.qmp('block-job-cancel', device='drive0', force=True)
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
 
         start_t = time.time()