diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 003d13213e..9176decf33 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1299,6 +1299,14 @@ BlockErrorAction bdrv_get_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, int is_read)
     return is_read ? bs->on_read_error : bs->on_write_error;
 }
 
+void bdrv_set_removable(BlockDriverState *bs, int removable)
+{
+    bs->removable = removable;
+    if (removable && bs == bs_snapshots) {
+        bs_snapshots = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
 int bdrv_is_removable(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     return bs->removable;
diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index 012c2a1156..3d03b3e041 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ int bdrv_get_translation_hint(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_set_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockErrorAction on_read_error,
                        BlockErrorAction on_write_error);
 BlockErrorAction bdrv_get_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, int is_read);
+void bdrv_set_removable(BlockDriverState *bs, int removable);
 int bdrv_is_removable(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_is_read_only(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_is_sg(BlockDriverState *bs);
diff --git a/hw/fdc.c b/hw/fdc.c
index 1496cfa14d..6c748782e3 100644
--- a/hw/fdc.c
+++ b/hw/fdc.c
@@ -1847,10 +1847,16 @@ static void fdctrl_result_timer(void *opaque)
 static void fdctrl_connect_drives(FDCtrl *fdctrl)
 {
     unsigned int i;
+    FDrive *drive;
 
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_FD; i++) {
-        fd_init(&fdctrl->drives[i]);
-        fd_revalidate(&fdctrl->drives[i]);
+        drive = &fdctrl->drives[i];
+
+        fd_init(drive);
+        fd_revalidate(drive);
+        if (drive->bs) {
+            bdrv_set_removable(drive->bs, 1);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index cc4591baa0..ebdceb5fec 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ void ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
         pstrcpy(s->version, sizeof(s->version), QEMU_VERSION);
     }
     ide_reset(s);
+    bdrv_set_removable(bs, s->is_cdrom);
 }
 
 static void ide_init1(IDEBus *bus, int unit)
diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index e900eff024..3e41011ccb 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -1049,6 +1049,7 @@ static void scsi_destroy(SCSIDevice *dev)
 static int scsi_disk_initfn(SCSIDevice *dev)
 {
     SCSIDiskState *s = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskState, qdev, dev);
+    int is_cd;
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
 
     if (!s->qdev.conf.bs) {
@@ -1056,6 +1057,7 @@ static int scsi_disk_initfn(SCSIDevice *dev)
         return -1;
     }
     s->bs = s->qdev.conf.bs;
+    is_cd = bdrv_get_type_hint(s->bs) == BDRV_TYPE_CDROM;
 
     if (!s->serial) {
         /* try to fall back to value set with legacy -drive serial=... */
@@ -1072,7 +1074,7 @@ static int scsi_disk_initfn(SCSIDevice *dev)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (bdrv_get_type_hint(s->bs) == BDRV_TYPE_CDROM) {
+    if (is_cd) {
         s->qdev.blocksize = 2048;
     } else {
         s->qdev.blocksize = s->qdev.conf.logical_block_size;
@@ -1081,6 +1083,7 @@ static int scsi_disk_initfn(SCSIDevice *dev)
 
     s->qdev.type = TYPE_DISK;
     qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(scsi_dma_restart_cb, s);
+    bdrv_set_removable(s->bs, is_cd);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi-generic.c
index 79347f4a67..3915e7844e 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-generic.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static int scsi_generic_initfn(SCSIDevice *dev)
     DPRINTF("block size %d\n", s->qdev.blocksize);
     s->driver_status = 0;
     memset(s->sensebuf, 0, sizeof(s->sensebuf));
+    bdrv_set_removable(s->bs, 0);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index 71c5d21e61..f0b3ba5cb1 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_blk_init(DeviceState *dev, BlockConf *conf)
     qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(virtio_blk_dma_restart_cb, s);
     register_savevm("virtio-blk", virtio_blk_id++, 2,
                     virtio_blk_save, virtio_blk_load, s);
+    bdrv_set_removable(s->bs, 0);
 
     return &s->vdev;
 }