diff --git a/block/dirty-bitmap.c b/block/dirty-bitmap.c
index 68d295d6e3..0ef46163e3 100644
--- a/block/dirty-bitmap.c
+++ b/block/dirty-bitmap.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int bdrv_dirty_bitmap_check(const BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap, uint32_t flags,
         error_setg(errp, "Bitmap '%s' is inconsistent and cannot be used",
                    bitmap->name);
         error_append_hint(errp, "Try block-dirty-bitmap-remove to delete"
-                          " this bitmap from disk");
+                          " this bitmap from disk\n");
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/291 b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/qemu-img-bitmaps
similarity index 87%
rename from tests/qemu-iotests/291
rename to tests/qemu-iotests/tests/qemu-img-bitmaps
index 20efb080a6..409c4497a3 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/291
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/qemu-img-bitmaps
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # Test qemu-img bitmap handling
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ status=1 # failure is the default!
 _cleanup()
 {
     _cleanup_test_img
+    _rm_test_img "$TEST_IMG.copy"
     nbd_server_stop
 }
 trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 # get standard environment, filters and checks
+cd ..
 . ./common.rc
 . ./common.filter
 . ./common.nbd
@@ -129,6 +131,23 @@ $QEMU_IMG map --output=json --image-opts \
 
 nbd_server_stop
 
+echo
+echo "=== Check handling of inconsistent bitmap ==="
+echo
+
+# Prepare image with corrupted bitmap
+$QEMU_IO -c abort "$TEST_IMG" 2>/dev/null
+$QEMU_IMG bitmap --add "$TEST_IMG" b4
+$QEMU_IMG bitmap --remove "$TEST_IMG" b1
+_img_info --format-specific | _filter_irrelevant_img_info
+echo
+$QEMU_IMG convert --bitmaps -O qcow2 "$TEST_IMG" "$TEST_IMG.copy" &&
+    echo "unexpected success"
+# Bug - even though we failed at conversion, we left a file around with
+# a bitmap marked as not corrupt
+TEST_IMG=$TEST_IMG.copy _img_info --format-specific \
+    | _filter_irrelevant_img_info
+
 # success, all done
 echo '*** done'
 rm -f $seq.full
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/qemu-img-bitmaps.out
similarity index 76%
rename from tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
rename to tests/qemu-iotests/tests/qemu-img-bitmaps.out
index 018d6b103f..6824d41128 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/qemu-img-bitmaps.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-QA output created by 291
+QA output created by qemu-img-bitmaps
 
 === Initial image setup ===
 
@@ -115,4 +115,51 @@ Format specific information:
 [{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
 { "start": 2097152, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": false, "data": false},
 { "start": 3145728, "length": 7340032, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+
+=== Check handling of inconsistent bitmap ===
+
+image: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT
+file format: IMGFMT
+virtual size: 10 MiB (10485760 bytes)
+cluster_size: 65536
+backing file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+backing file format: IMGFMT
+Format specific information:
+    bitmaps:
+        [0]:
+            flags:
+                [0]: in-use
+                [1]: auto
+            name: b2
+            granularity: 65536
+        [1]:
+            flags:
+                [0]: in-use
+            name: b0
+            granularity: 65536
+        [2]:
+            flags:
+                [0]: auto
+            name: b4
+            granularity: 65536
+    corrupt: false
+
+qemu-img: Failed to populate bitmap b0: Bitmap 'b0' is inconsistent and cannot be used
+Try block-dirty-bitmap-remove to delete this bitmap from disk
+image: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.copy
+file format: IMGFMT
+virtual size: 10 MiB (10485760 bytes)
+cluster_size: 65536
+Format specific information:
+    bitmaps:
+        [0]:
+            flags:
+            name: b0
+            granularity: 65536
+        [1]:
+            flags:
+                [0]: auto
+            name: b4
+            granularity: 65536
+    corrupt: false
 *** done