diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 48cd096624..256de1f456 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ static void raw_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (bs->sg || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) {
+    if (bdrv_is_sg(bs) || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) {
         int ret = hdev_get_max_hw_transfer(s->fd, &st);
 
         if (ret > 0 && ret <= BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES) {
diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index d707d0b354..612de127e5 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ static void iscsi_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     uint64_t max_xfer_len = iscsilun->use_16_for_rw ? 0xffffffff : 0xffff;
     unsigned int block_size = MAX(BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, iscsilun->block_size);
 
-    assert(iscsilun->block_size >= BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE || bs->sg);
+    assert(iscsilun->block_size >= BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE || bdrv_is_sg(bs));
 
     bs->bl.request_alignment = block_size;
 
diff --git a/block/raw-format.c b/block/raw-format.c
index 69fd650eaf..c7278e348e 100644
--- a/block/raw-format.c
+++ b/block/raw-format.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    bs->sg = bs->file->bs->sg;
+    bs->sg = bdrv_is_sg(bs->file->bs);
     bs->supported_write_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
         (BDRV_REQ_FUA & bs->file->bs->supported_write_flags);
     bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    if (bs->sg && (s->offset || s->has_size)) {
+    if (bdrv_is_sg(bs) && (s->offset || s->has_size)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Cannot use offset/size with SCSI generic devices");
         return -EINVAL;
     }