diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index cd4b573adb..ba2255d91f 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ void *block_job_create(const BlockJobDriver *driver, BlockDriverState *bs,
     error_setg(&job->blocker, "block device is in use by block job: %s",
                BlockJobType_lookup[driver->job_type]);
     bdrv_op_block_all(bs, job->blocker);
+    bdrv_op_unblock(bs, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_DATAPLANE, job->blocker);
 
     job->driver        = driver;
     job->bs            = bs;
diff --git a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
index 45b1164c3e..1222a37f4f 100644
--- a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ void virtio_blk_data_plane_create(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtIOBlkConf *conf,
     blk_op_block_all(conf->conf.blk, s->blocker);
     blk_op_unblock(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_RESIZE, s->blocker);
     blk_op_unblock(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_DRIVE_DEL, s->blocker);
+    blk_op_unblock(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_BACKUP_SOURCE, s->blocker);
+    blk_op_unblock(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_COMMIT, s->blocker);
+    blk_op_unblock(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_MIRROR, s->blocker);
+    blk_op_unblock(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_STREAM, s->blocker);
+    blk_op_unblock(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_REPLACE, s->blocker);
 
     *dataplane = s;
 }