diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index 296e036b3d..4adc1a875b 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ static QemuOptsList runtime_unix_opts = {
         {
             .name = GLUSTER_OPT_SOCKET,
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "socket file path)",
+            .help = "socket file path (legacy)",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = GLUSTER_OPT_PATH,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "socket file path (QAPI)",
         },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
@@ -615,10 +620,18 @@ static int qemu_gluster_parse_json(BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf,
                 goto out;
             }
 
-            ptr = qemu_opt_get(opts, GLUSTER_OPT_SOCKET);
+            ptr = qemu_opt_get(opts, GLUSTER_OPT_PATH);
+            if (!ptr) {
+                ptr = qemu_opt_get(opts, GLUSTER_OPT_SOCKET);
+            } else if (qemu_opt_get(opts, GLUSTER_OPT_SOCKET)) {
+                error_setg(&local_err,
+                           "Conflicting parameters 'path' and 'socket'");
+                error_append_hint(&local_err, GERR_INDEX_HINT, i);
+                goto out;
+            }
             if (!ptr) {
                 error_setg(&local_err, QERR_MISSING_PARAMETER,
-                           GLUSTER_OPT_SOCKET);
+                           GLUSTER_OPT_PATH);
                 error_append_hint(&local_err, GERR_INDEX_HINT, i);
                 goto out;
             }
@@ -684,7 +697,7 @@ static int qemu_gluster_parse(BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf,
                              "file.server.0.host=1.2.3.4,"
                              "file.server.0.port=24007,"
                              "file.server.1.transport=unix,"
-                             "file.server.1.socket=/var/run/glusterd.socket ..."
+                             "file.server.1.path=/var/run/glusterd.socket ..."
                              "\n");
             return ret;
         }
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index ef3ed69ff1..27f957e571 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ static void block_job_state_transition(BlockJob *job, BlockJobStatus s1)
     assert(s1 >= 0 && s1 <= BLOCK_JOB_STATUS__MAX);
     trace_block_job_state_transition(job, job->ret, BlockJobSTT[s0][s1] ?
                                      "allowed" : "disallowed",
-                                     qapi_enum_lookup(&BlockJobStatus_lookup,
-                                                      s0),
-                                     qapi_enum_lookup(&BlockJobStatus_lookup,
-                                                      s1));
+                                     BlockJobStatus_str(s0),
+                                     BlockJobStatus_str(s1));
     assert(BlockJobSTT[s0][s1]);
     job->status = s1;
 }
@@ -86,17 +84,15 @@ static void block_job_state_transition(BlockJob *job, BlockJobStatus s1)
 static int block_job_apply_verb(BlockJob *job, BlockJobVerb bv, Error **errp)
 {
     assert(bv >= 0 && bv <= BLOCK_JOB_VERB__MAX);
-    trace_block_job_apply_verb(job, qapi_enum_lookup(&BlockJobStatus_lookup,
-                                                     job->status),
-                               qapi_enum_lookup(&BlockJobVerb_lookup, bv),
+    trace_block_job_apply_verb(job, BlockJobStatus_str(job->status),
+                               BlockJobVerb_str(bv),
                                BlockJobVerbTable[bv][job->status] ?
                                "allowed" : "prohibited");
     if (BlockJobVerbTable[bv][job->status]) {
         return 0;
     }
     error_setg(errp, "Job '%s' in state '%s' cannot accept command verb '%s'",
-               job->id, qapi_enum_lookup(&BlockJobStatus_lookup, job->status),
-               qapi_enum_lookup(&BlockJobVerb_lookup, bv));
+               job->id, BlockJobStatus_str(job->status), BlockJobVerb_str(bv));
     return -EPERM;
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +200,15 @@ void block_job_txn_add_job(BlockJobTxn *txn, BlockJob *job)
     block_job_txn_ref(txn);
 }
 
+static void block_job_txn_del_job(BlockJob *job)
+{
+    if (job->txn) {
+        QLIST_REMOVE(job, txn_list);
+        block_job_txn_unref(job->txn);
+        job->txn = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
 static void block_job_pause(BlockJob *job)
 {
     job->pause_count++;
@@ -232,6 +237,7 @@ void block_job_unref(BlockJob *job)
 {
     if (--job->refcnt == 0) {
         assert(job->status == BLOCK_JOB_STATUS_NULL);
+        assert(!job->txn);
         BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(job->blk);
         QLIST_REMOVE(job, job_list);
         bs->job = NULL;
@@ -392,6 +398,7 @@ static void block_job_decommission(BlockJob *job)
     job->busy = false;
     job->paused = false;
     job->deferred_to_main_loop = true;
+    block_job_txn_del_job(job);
     block_job_state_transition(job, BLOCK_JOB_STATUS_NULL);
     block_job_unref(job);
 }
@@ -481,8 +488,7 @@ static int block_job_finalize_single(BlockJob *job)
         }
     }
 
-    QLIST_REMOVE(job, txn_list);
-    block_job_txn_unref(job->txn);
+    block_job_txn_del_job(job);
     block_job_conclude(job);
     return 0;
 }