diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 135fbe6a30..ad16ee4935 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv)
         bdrv->bdrv_read = bdrv_read_em;
         bdrv->bdrv_write = bdrv_write_em;
     }
+    aio_pool_init(&bdrv->aio_pool, bdrv->aiocb_size, bdrv->bdrv_aio_cancel);
     bdrv->next = first_drv;
     first_drv = bdrv;
 }
@@ -1371,14 +1372,12 @@ BlockDriverAIOCB *bdrv_aio_write(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
 
 void bdrv_aio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb)
 {
-    BlockDriver *drv = acb->bs->drv;
-
     if (acb->cb == bdrv_aio_rw_vector_cb) {
         VectorTranslationState *s = acb->opaque;
         acb = s->aiocb;
     }
 
-    drv->bdrv_aio_cancel(acb);
+    acb->pool->cancel(acb);
 }
 
 
@@ -1496,18 +1495,25 @@ void bdrv_init(void)
     bdrv_register(&bdrv_nbd);
 }
 
-void *qemu_aio_get(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
-                   void *opaque)
+void aio_pool_init(AIOPool *pool, int aiocb_size,
+                   void (*cancel)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb))
+{
+    pool->aiocb_size = aiocb_size;
+    pool->cancel = cancel;
+    pool->free_aiocb = NULL;
+}
+
+void *qemu_aio_get_pool(AIOPool *pool, BlockDriverState *bs,
+                        BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
 {
-    BlockDriver *drv;
     BlockDriverAIOCB *acb;
 
-    drv = bs->drv;
-    if (drv->free_aiocb) {
-        acb = drv->free_aiocb;
-        drv->free_aiocb = acb->next;
+    if (pool->free_aiocb) {
+        acb = pool->free_aiocb;
+        pool->free_aiocb = acb->next;
     } else {
-        acb = qemu_mallocz(drv->aiocb_size);
+        acb = qemu_mallocz(pool->aiocb_size);
+        acb->pool = pool;
     }
     acb->bs = bs;
     acb->cb = cb;
@@ -1515,12 +1521,18 @@ void *qemu_aio_get(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
     return acb;
 }
 
+void *qemu_aio_get(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
+                   void *opaque)
+{
+    return qemu_aio_get_pool(&bs->drv->aio_pool, bs, cb, opaque);
+}
+
 void qemu_aio_release(void *p)
 {
-    BlockDriverAIOCB *acb = p;
-    BlockDriver *drv = acb->bs->drv;
-    acb->next = drv->free_aiocb;
-    drv->free_aiocb = acb;
+    BlockDriverAIOCB *acb = (BlockDriverAIOCB *)p;
+    AIOPool *pool = acb->pool;
+    acb->next = pool->free_aiocb;
+    pool->free_aiocb = acb;
 }
 
 /**************************************************************/
diff --git a/block_int.h b/block_int.h
index d3c81facf7..8b4c5fe5fc 100644
--- a/block_int.h
+++ b/block_int.h
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 #define BLOCK_FLAG_COMPRESS	2
 #define BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6	4
 
+typedef struct AIOPool {
+    void (*cancel)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
+    int aiocb_size;
+    BlockDriverAIOCB *free_aiocb;
+} AIOPool;
+
 struct BlockDriver {
     const char *format_name;
     int instance_size;
@@ -91,7 +97,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
                                            BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
                                            void *opaque);
 
-    BlockDriverAIOCB *free_aiocb;
+    AIOPool aio_pool;
     struct BlockDriver *next;
 };
 
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
 };
 
 struct BlockDriverAIOCB {
+    AIOPool *pool;
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb;
     void *opaque;
@@ -149,8 +156,13 @@ struct BlockDriverAIOCB {
 
 void get_tmp_filename(char *filename, int size);
 
+void aio_pool_init(AIOPool *pool, int aiocb_size,
+                   void (*cancel)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb));
+
 void *qemu_aio_get(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
                    void *opaque);
+void *qemu_aio_get_pool(AIOPool *pool, BlockDriverState *bs,
+                        BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
 void qemu_aio_release(void *p);
 
 extern BlockDriverState *bdrv_first;