diff --git a/block/blkdebug.c b/block/blkdebug.c
index b3c5d42cef..9b885359e4 100644
--- a/block/blkdebug.c
+++ b/block/blkdebug.c
@@ -397,11 +397,6 @@ static void blkdebug_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     }
 }
 
-static int blkdebug_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    return bdrv_flush(bs->file);
-}
-
 static BlockDriverAIOCB *blkdebug_aio_flush(BlockDriverState *bs,
     BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
 {
@@ -454,7 +449,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_blkdebug = {
 
     .bdrv_file_open     = blkdebug_open,
     .bdrv_close         = blkdebug_close,
-    .bdrv_flush         = blkdebug_flush,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = blkdebug_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev    = blkdebug_aio_writev,
diff --git a/block/blkverify.c b/block/blkverify.c
index c7522b4093..483f3b3cfe 100644
--- a/block/blkverify.c
+++ b/block/blkverify.c
@@ -116,14 +116,6 @@ static void blkverify_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     s->test_file = NULL;
 }
 
-static int blkverify_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    BDRVBlkverifyState *s = bs->opaque;
-
-    /* Only flush test file, the raw file is not important */
-    return bdrv_flush(s->test_file);
-}
-
 static int64_t blkverify_getlength(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     BDRVBlkverifyState *s = bs->opaque;
@@ -368,7 +360,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_blkverify = {
 
     .bdrv_file_open     = blkverify_open,
     .bdrv_close         = blkverify_close,
-    .bdrv_flush         = blkverify_flush,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = blkverify_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev    = blkverify_aio_writev,
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index eba5a04c44..f93e3eb0d9 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -781,11 +781,6 @@ static int qcow_write_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int qcow_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    return bdrv_flush(bs->file);
-}
-
 static BlockDriverAIOCB *qcow_aio_flush(BlockDriverState *bs,
         BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
 {
@@ -826,7 +821,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow = {
     .bdrv_open		= qcow_open,
     .bdrv_close		= qcow_close,
     .bdrv_create	= qcow_create,
-    .bdrv_flush		= qcow_flush,
     .bdrv_is_allocated	= qcow_is_allocated,
     .bdrv_set_key	= qcow_set_key,
     .bdrv_make_empty	= qcow_make_empty,
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 510ff6897f..4dc980c2c5 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1092,24 +1092,6 @@ static int qcow2_write_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int qcow2_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    BDRVQcowState *s = bs->opaque;
-    int ret;
-
-    ret = qcow2_cache_flush(bs, s->l2_table_cache);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    ret = qcow2_cache_flush(bs, s->refcount_block_cache);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    return bdrv_flush(bs->file);
-}
-
 static BlockDriverAIOCB *qcow2_aio_flush(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                          BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
                                          void *opaque)
@@ -1242,7 +1224,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
     .bdrv_open          = qcow2_open,
     .bdrv_close         = qcow2_close,
     .bdrv_create        = qcow2_create,
-    .bdrv_flush         = qcow2_flush,
     .bdrv_is_allocated  = qcow2_is_allocated,
     .bdrv_set_key       = qcow2_set_key,
     .bdrv_make_empty    = qcow2_make_empty,
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index e87dc4decf..2e06992784 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -533,11 +533,6 @@ static void bdrv_qed_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     qemu_vfree(s->l1_table);
 }
 
-static int bdrv_qed_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    return bdrv_flush(bs->file);
-}
-
 static int qed_create(const char *filename, uint32_t cluster_size,
                       uint64_t image_size, uint32_t table_size,
                       const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt)
@@ -1479,7 +1474,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_qed = {
     .bdrv_open                = bdrv_qed_open,
     .bdrv_close               = bdrv_qed_close,
     .bdrv_create              = bdrv_qed_create,
-    .bdrv_flush               = bdrv_qed_flush,
     .bdrv_is_allocated        = bdrv_qed_is_allocated,
     .bdrv_make_empty          = bdrv_qed_make_empty,
     .bdrv_aio_readv           = bdrv_qed_aio_readv,
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index c7f5544edd..afcb4c192c 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -583,19 +583,6 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     return result;
 }
 
-static int raw_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
-    int ret;
-
-    ret = qemu_fdatasync(s->fd);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return -errno;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS
 static int xfs_discard(BDRVRawState *s, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors)
 {
@@ -645,7 +632,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_file_open = raw_open,
     .bdrv_close = raw_close,
     .bdrv_create = raw_create,
-    .bdrv_flush = raw_flush,
     .bdrv_discard = raw_discard,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv = raw_aio_readv,
@@ -915,7 +901,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
     .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
-    .bdrv_flush         = raw_flush,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv	= raw_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev	= raw_aio_writev,
@@ -1035,7 +1020,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_floppy = {
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
     .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
-    .bdrv_flush         = raw_flush,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev    = raw_aio_writev,
@@ -1135,7 +1119,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
     .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
-    .bdrv_flush         = raw_flush,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev    = raw_aio_writev,
@@ -1255,7 +1238,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
     .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
-    .bdrv_flush         = raw_flush,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev    = raw_aio_writev,
diff --git a/block/raw.c b/block/raw.c
index 5ca606b68a..39a3a9afae 100644
--- a/block/raw.c
+++ b/block/raw.c
@@ -25,15 +25,9 @@ static void raw_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
 }
 
-static int raw_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
+static int coroutine_fn raw_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
-    return bdrv_flush(bs->file);
-}
-
-static BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_flush(BlockDriverState *bs,
-    BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
-{
-    return bdrv_aio_flush(bs->file, cb, opaque);
+    return bdrv_co_flush(bs->file);
 }
 
 static int64_t raw_getlength(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -117,12 +111,11 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
     .bdrv_close         = raw_close,
     .bdrv_co_readv      = raw_co_readv,
     .bdrv_co_writev     = raw_co_writev,
-    .bdrv_flush         = raw_flush,
+    .bdrv_co_flush      = raw_co_flush,
     .bdrv_probe         = raw_probe,
     .bdrv_getlength     = raw_getlength,
     .bdrv_truncate      = raw_truncate,
 
-    .bdrv_aio_flush     = raw_aio_flush,
     .bdrv_discard       = raw_discard,
 
     .bdrv_is_inserted   = raw_is_inserted,