diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 0740a41596..18ec57851e 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ static const BlockJobDriver commit_job_driver = {
 
 void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, BlockDriverState *top, int64_t speed,
-                  BlockdevOnError on_error, BlockCompletionFunc *cb,
-                  void *opaque, const char *backing_file_str, Error **errp)
+                  BlockdevOnError on_error, const char *backing_file_str,
+                  Error **errp)
 {
     CommitBlockJob *s;
     BlockReopenQueue *reopen_queue = NULL;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
 
     s = block_job_create(job_id, &commit_job_driver, bs, speed,
-                         BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, cb, opaque, errp);
+                         BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, errp);
     if (!s) {
         return;
     }
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     s->on_error = on_error;
     s->common.co = qemu_coroutine_create(commit_run, s);
 
-    trace_commit_start(bs, base, top, s, s->common.co, opaque);
+    trace_commit_start(bs, base, top, s, s->common.co);
     qemu_coroutine_enter(s->common.co);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index fa4184955a..aa60bcc44b 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1018,9 +1018,7 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   MirrorSyncMode mode, BlockMirrorBackingMode backing_mode,
                   BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
                   BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
-                  bool unmap,
-                  BlockCompletionFunc *cb,
-                  void *opaque, Error **errp)
+                  bool unmap, Error **errp)
 {
     bool is_none_mode;
     BlockDriverState *base;
@@ -1033,7 +1031,7 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     base = mode == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP ? backing_bs(bs) : NULL;
     mirror_start_job(job_id, bs, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, target, replaces,
                      speed, granularity, buf_size, backing_mode,
-                     on_source_error, on_target_error, unmap, cb, opaque, errp,
+                     on_source_error, on_target_error, unmap, NULL, NULL, errp,
                      &mirror_job_driver, is_none_mode, base, false);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index 09ce9ef500..152c1bef5f 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -222,15 +222,14 @@ static const BlockJobDriver stream_job_driver = {
 
 void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, const char *backing_file_str,
-                  int64_t speed, BlockdevOnError on_error,
-                  BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+                  int64_t speed, BlockdevOnError on_error, Error **errp)
 {
     StreamBlockJob *s;
     BlockDriverState *iter;
     int orig_bs_flags;
 
     s = block_job_create(job_id, &stream_job_driver, bs, speed,
-                         BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, cb, opaque, errp);
+                         BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, errp);
     if (!s) {
         return;
     }
@@ -256,6 +255,6 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     s->on_error = on_error;
     s->common.co = qemu_coroutine_create(stream_run, s);
-    trace_stream_start(bs, base, s, s->common.co, opaque);
+    trace_stream_start(bs, base, s, s->common.co);
     qemu_coroutine_enter(s->common.co);
 }
diff --git a/block/trace-events b/block/trace-events
index aff8a9674d..882c9034c2 100644
--- a/block/trace-events
+++ b/block/trace-events
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ bdrv_co_do_copy_on_readv(void *bs, int64_t offset, unsigned int bytes, int64_t c
 
 # block/stream.c
 stream_one_iteration(void *s, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, int is_allocated) "s %p sector_num %"PRId64" nb_sectors %d is_allocated %d"
-stream_start(void *bs, void *base, void *s, void *co, void *opaque) "bs %p base %p s %p co %p opaque %p"
+stream_start(void *bs, void *base, void *s, void *co) "bs %p base %p s %p co %p"
 
 # block/commit.c
 commit_one_iteration(void *s, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, int is_allocated) "s %p sector_num %"PRId64" nb_sectors %d is_allocated %d"
-commit_start(void *bs, void *base, void *top, void *s, void *co, void *opaque) "bs %p base %p top %p s %p co %p opaque %p"
+commit_start(void *bs, void *base, void *top, void *s, void *co) "bs %p base %p top %p s %p co %p"
 
 # block/mirror.c
 mirror_start(void *bs, void *s, void *co, void *opaque) "bs %p s %p co %p opaque %p"
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ qmp_block_job_cancel(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_pause(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_resume(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_complete(void *job) "job %p"
-block_job_cb(void *bs, void *job, int ret) "bs %p job %p ret %d"
 qmp_block_stream(void *bs, void *job) "bs %p job %p"
 
 # block/raw-win32.c
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 9c483bd78d..b6a7491604 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -2905,31 +2905,6 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
-static void block_job_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
-{
-    /* Note that this function may be executed from another AioContext besides
-     * the QEMU main loop.  If you need to access anything that assumes the
-     * QEMU global mutex, use a BH or introduce a mutex.
-     */
-
-    BlockDriverState *bs = opaque;
-    const char *msg = NULL;
-
-    trace_block_job_cb(bs, bs->job, ret);
-
-    assert(bs->job);
-
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        msg = strerror(-ret);
-    }
-
-    if (block_job_is_cancelled(bs->job)) {
-        block_job_event_cancelled(bs->job);
-    } else {
-        block_job_event_completed(bs->job, msg);
-    }
-}
-
 void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
                       bool has_base, const char *base,
                       bool has_base_node, const char *base_node,
@@ -3005,7 +2980,7 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
     base_name = has_backing_file ? backing_file : base_name;
 
     stream_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs, base_name,
-                 has_speed ? speed : 0, on_error, block_job_cb, bs, &local_err);
+                 has_speed ? speed : 0, on_error, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto out;
@@ -3111,16 +3086,16 @@ void qmp_block_commit(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
             goto out;
         }
         commit_active_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs,
-                            BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, speed, on_error, block_job_cb,
-                            bs, &local_err, false);
+                            BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, speed, on_error, NULL, NULL,
+                            &local_err, false);
     } else {
         BlockDriverState *overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, top_bs);
         if (bdrv_op_is_blocked(overlay_bs, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_COMMIT_TARGET, errp)) {
             goto out;
         }
         commit_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs, top_bs, speed,
-                     on_error, block_job_cb, bs,
-                     has_backing_file ? backing_file : NULL, &local_err);
+                     on_error, has_backing_file ? backing_file : NULL,
+                     &local_err);
     }
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
@@ -3241,7 +3216,7 @@ static void do_drive_backup(DriveBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp)
     backup_start(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed, backup->sync,
                  bmap, backup->compress, backup->on_source_error,
                  backup->on_target_error, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT,
-                 block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
+                 NULL, NULL, txn, &local_err);
     bdrv_unref(target_bs);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
@@ -3312,7 +3287,7 @@ void do_blockdev_backup(BlockdevBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp)
     backup_start(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed, backup->sync,
                  NULL, backup->compress, backup->on_source_error,
                  backup->on_target_error, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT,
-                 block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
+                 NULL, NULL, txn, &local_err);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     }
@@ -3391,8 +3366,7 @@ static void blockdev_mirror_common(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     mirror_start(job_id, bs, target,
                  has_replaces ? replaces : NULL,
                  speed, granularity, buf_size, sync, backing_mode,
-                 on_source_error, on_target_error, unmap,
-                 block_job_cb, bs, errp);
+                 on_source_error, on_target_error, unmap, errp);
 }
 
 void qmp_drive_mirror(DriveMirror *arg, Error **errp)
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index c286fc3a98..309ef9a35c 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "qapi-event.h"
 
+static void block_job_event_cancelled(BlockJob *job);
+static void block_job_event_completed(BlockJob *job, const char *msg);
+
 /* Transactional group of block jobs */
 struct BlockJobTxn {
 
@@ -127,7 +130,6 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
     BlockBackend *blk;
     BlockJob *job;
 
-    assert(cb);
     if (bs->job) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_DEVICE_IN_USE, bdrv_get_device_name(bs));
         return NULL;
@@ -239,7 +241,20 @@ static void block_job_completed_single(BlockJob *job)
             job->driver->abort(job);
         }
     }
-    job->cb(job->opaque, job->ret);
+
+    if (job->cb) {
+        job->cb(job->opaque, job->ret);
+    }
+    if (block_job_is_cancelled(job)) {
+        block_job_event_cancelled(job);
+    } else {
+        const char *msg = NULL;
+        if (job->ret < 0) {
+            msg = strerror(-job->ret);
+        }
+        block_job_event_completed(job, msg);
+    }
+
     if (job->txn) {
         block_job_txn_unref(job->txn);
     }
@@ -553,7 +568,7 @@ static void block_job_iostatus_set_err(BlockJob *job, int error)
     }
 }
 
-void block_job_event_cancelled(BlockJob *job)
+static void block_job_event_cancelled(BlockJob *job)
 {
     if (block_job_is_internal(job)) {
         return;
@@ -567,7 +582,7 @@ void block_job_event_cancelled(BlockJob *job)
                                         &error_abort);
 }
 
-void block_job_event_completed(BlockJob *job, const char *msg)
+static void block_job_event_completed(BlockJob *job, const char *msg)
 {
     if (block_job_is_internal(job)) {
         return;
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 348d457a65..b02abbd618 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -665,8 +665,6 @@ int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
  * the new backing file if the job completes. Ignored if @base is %NULL.
  * @speed: The maximum speed, in bytes per second, or 0 for unlimited.
  * @on_error: The action to take upon error.
- * @cb: Completion function for the job.
- * @opaque: Opaque pointer value passed to @cb.
  * @errp: Error object.
  *
  * Start a streaming operation on @bs.  Clusters that are unallocated
@@ -678,8 +676,7 @@ int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
  */
 void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, const char *backing_file_str,
-                  int64_t speed, BlockdevOnError on_error,
-                  BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, Error **errp);
+                  int64_t speed, BlockdevOnError on_error, Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * commit_start:
@@ -690,16 +687,14 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
  * @base: Block device that will be written into, and become the new top.
  * @speed: The maximum speed, in bytes per second, or 0 for unlimited.
  * @on_error: The action to take upon error.
- * @cb: Completion function for the job.
- * @opaque: Opaque pointer value passed to @cb.
  * @backing_file_str: String to use as the backing file in @top's overlay
  * @errp: Error object.
  *
  */
 void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, BlockDriverState *top, int64_t speed,
-                  BlockdevOnError on_error, BlockCompletionFunc *cb,
-                  void *opaque, const char *backing_file_str, Error **errp);
+                  BlockdevOnError on_error, const char *backing_file_str,
+                  Error **errp);
 /**
  * commit_active_start:
  * @job_id: The id of the newly-created job, or %NULL to use the
@@ -737,8 +732,6 @@ void commit_active_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
  * @on_source_error: The action to take upon error reading from the source.
  * @on_target_error: The action to take upon error writing to the target.
  * @unmap: Whether to unmap target where source sectors only contain zeroes.
- * @cb: Completion function for the job.
- * @opaque: Opaque pointer value passed to @cb.
  * @errp: Error object.
  *
  * Start a mirroring operation on @bs.  Clusters that are allocated
@@ -752,9 +745,7 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   MirrorSyncMode mode, BlockMirrorBackingMode backing_mode,
                   BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
                   BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
-                  bool unmap,
-                  BlockCompletionFunc *cb,
-                  void *opaque, Error **errp);
+                  bool unmap, Error **errp);
 
 /*
  * backup_start:
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index d0d93337f6..c031fe78cc 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -394,23 +394,6 @@ void block_job_resume(BlockJob *job);
  */
 void block_job_enter(BlockJob *job);
 
-/**
- * block_job_event_cancelled:
- * @job: The job whose information is requested.
- *
- * Send a BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED event for the specified job.
- */
-void block_job_event_cancelled(BlockJob *job);
-
-/**
- * block_job_ready:
- * @job: The job which is now ready to complete.
- * @msg: Error message. Only present on failure.
- *
- * Send a BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED event for the specified job.
- */
-void block_job_event_completed(BlockJob *job, const char *msg);
-
 /**
  * block_job_ready:
  * @job: The job which is now ready to complete.