diff --git a/block/qcow2-refcount.c b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
index 4d9df5fe95..3d29d30f03 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-refcount.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ int qcow2_update_snapshot_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
         }
     }
 
-    ret = 0;
+    ret = bdrv_flush(bs);
 fail:
     if (l2_table) {
         qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
diff --git a/block/qcow2-snapshot.c b/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
index f4719d9909..992a5c865c 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
@@ -381,11 +381,6 @@ int qcow2_snapshot_create(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUSnapshotInfo *sn_info)
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_flush(bs);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
     /* Append the new snapshot to the snapshot list */
     new_snapshot_list = g_malloc((s->nb_snapshots + 1) * sizeof(QCowSnapshot));
     if (s->snapshots) {