diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/255 b/tests/qemu-iotests/255
index c0bb37a9b0..49433ec122 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/255
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/255
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def blockdev_create(vm, options):
         vm.run_job('job0')
     iotests.log("")
 
+iotests.log('Finishing a commit job with background reads')
+iotests.log('============================================')
+iotests.log('')
+
 with iotests.FilePath('t.qcow2') as disk_path, \
      iotests.FilePath('t.qcow2.mid') as mid_path, \
      iotests.FilePath('t.qcow2.base') as base_path, \
@@ -81,3 +85,51 @@ with iotests.FilePath('t.qcow2') as disk_path, \
                 auto_dismiss=True)
 
     vm.shutdown()
+
+iotests.log('')
+iotests.log('Closing the VM while a job is being cancelled')
+iotests.log('=============================================')
+iotests.log('')
+
+with iotests.FilePath('src.qcow2') as src_path, \
+     iotests.FilePath('dst.qcow2') as dst_path, \
+     iotests.VM() as vm:
+
+    iotests.log('=== Create images and start VM ===')
+    iotests.log('')
+
+    size = 128 * 1024 * 1024
+    size_str = str(size)
+
+    iotests.qemu_img_log('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, src_path, size_str)
+    iotests.qemu_img_log('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, dst_path, size_str)
+
+    iotests.log(iotests.qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'write 0 1M',
+                                src_path),
+                filters=[iotests.filter_test_dir, iotests.filter_qemu_io])
+
+    vm.add_object('throttle-group,x-bps-read=4096,id=throttle0')
+
+    vm.add_blockdev('file,node-name=src-file,filename=%s' % (src_path))
+    vm.add_blockdev('%s,node-name=src,file=src-file' % (iotests.imgfmt))
+
+    vm.add_blockdev('file,node-name=dst-file,filename=%s' % (dst_path))
+    vm.add_blockdev('%s,node-name=dst,file=dst-file' % (iotests.imgfmt))
+
+    vm.add_blockdev('throttle,node-name=src-throttled,' +
+                    'throttle-group=throttle0,file=src')
+
+    vm.add_device('virtio-blk,drive=src-throttled')
+
+    vm.launch()
+
+    iotests.log('=== Start a mirror job ===')
+    iotests.log('')
+
+    vm.qmp_log('blockdev-mirror', job_id='job0', device='src-throttled',
+                                  target='dst', sync='full')
+
+    vm.qmp_log('block-job-cancel', device='job0')
+    vm.qmp_log('quit')
+
+    vm.shutdown()
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out
index 9a2d7cbb77..348909fdef 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Finishing a commit job with background reads
+============================================
+
 === Create backing chain and start VM ===
 
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-t.qcow2.mid', fmt=qcow2 size=134217728 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
@@ -14,3 +17,24 @@ Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-t.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=134217728 cluster_size=65536 l
 {"return": {}}
 {"data": {"id": "job0", "type": "commit"}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_PENDING", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
 {"data": {"device": "job0", "len": 134217728, "offset": 134217728, "speed": 0, "type": "commit"}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
+
+Closing the VM while a job is being cancelled
+=============================================
+
+=== Create images and start VM ===
+
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-src.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=134217728 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
+
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-dst.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=134217728 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
+
+wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 0
+1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+=== Start a mirror job ===
+
+{"execute": "blockdev-mirror", "arguments": {"device": "src-throttled", "job-id": "job0", "sync": "full", "target": "dst"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"execute": "block-job-cancel", "arguments": {"device": "job0"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"execute": "quit", "arguments": {}}
+{"return": {}}