diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index e3e77feee0..ceb2ea23c5 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -3905,7 +3905,6 @@ static void bdrv_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     BdrvAioNotifier *ban, *ban_next;
     BdrvChild *child, *next;
 
-    assert(!bs->job);
     assert(!bs->refcnt);
 
     bdrv_drained_begin(bs); /* complete I/O */
@@ -4146,7 +4145,6 @@ out:
 
 static void bdrv_delete(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
-    assert(!bs->job);
     assert(bdrv_op_blocker_is_empty(bs));
     assert(!bs->refcnt);
 
diff --git a/block/trace-events b/block/trace-events
index f6e43ee023..9ccea755da 100644
--- a/block/trace-events
+++ b/block/trace-events
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ qmp_block_job_resume(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_complete(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_finalize(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_dismiss(void *job) "job %p"
-qmp_block_stream(void *bs, void *job) "bs %p job %p"
+qmp_block_stream(void *bs) "bs %p"
 
 # file-posix.c
 # file-win32.c
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index a9dd73eafc..5d6a13dea9 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3260,7 +3260,7 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    trace_qmp_block_stream(bs, bs->job);
+    trace_qmp_block_stream(bs);
 
 out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index c3620ec544..458ae76f51 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ BlockJob *block_job_get(const char *id)
 void block_job_free(Job *job)
 {
     BlockJob *bjob = container_of(job, BlockJob, job);
-    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(bjob->blk);
 
-    bs->job = NULL;
     block_job_remove_all_bdrv(bjob);
     blk_unref(bjob->blk);
     error_free(bjob->blocker);
@@ -402,11 +400,6 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
     BlockJob *job;
     int ret;
 
-    if (bs->job) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_DEVICE_IN_USE, bdrv_get_device_name(bs));
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     if (job_id == NULL && !(flags & JOB_INTERNAL)) {
         job_id = bdrv_get_device_name(bs);
     }
@@ -449,7 +442,6 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
     error_setg(&job->blocker, "block device is in use by block job: %s",
                job_type_str(&job->job));
     block_job_add_bdrv(job, "main node", bs, 0, BLK_PERM_ALL, &error_abort);
-    bs->job = job;
 
     bdrv_op_unblock(bs, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_DATAPLANE, job->blocker);
 
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 8bb1cfb80a..a498c2670b 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -812,9 +812,6 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     /* operation blockers */
     QLIST_HEAD(, BdrvOpBlocker) op_blockers[BLOCK_OP_TYPE_MAX];
 
-    /* long-running background operation */
-    BlockJob *job;
-
     /* The node that this node inherited default options from (and a reopen on
      * which can affect this node by changing these defaults). This is always a
      * parent node of this node. */
diff --git a/tests/test-blockjob.c b/tests/test-blockjob.c
index 8c91980c70..b33f899873 100644
--- a/tests/test-blockjob.c
+++ b/tests/test-blockjob.c
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ static void test_job_ids(void)
     /* This one is valid */
     job[0] = do_test_id(blk[0], "id0", true);
 
-    /* We cannot have two jobs in the same BDS */
-    do_test_id(blk[0], "id1", false);
+    /* We can have two jobs in the same BDS */
+    job[1] = do_test_id(blk[0], "id1", true);
+    job_early_fail(&job[1]->job);
 
     /* Duplicate job IDs are not allowed */
     job[1] = do_test_id(blk[1], "id0", false);