diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 2dd9262cd0..37e72b7a96 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -3973,19 +3973,6 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_backing_image(BlockDriverState *bs,
     return retval;
 }
 
-int bdrv_get_backing_file_depth(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    if (!bs->drv) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if (!bs->backing) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return 1 + bdrv_get_backing_file_depth(bs->backing->bs);
-}
-
 void bdrv_init(void)
 {
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_BLOCK);
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 5cc910f567..c7857c3321 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (commit_top_bs == NULL) {
         goto fail;
     }
+    if (!filter_node_name) {
+        commit_top_bs->implicit = true;
+    }
     commit_top_bs->total_sectors = top->total_sectors;
     bdrv_set_aio_context(commit_top_bs, bdrv_get_aio_context(top));
 
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 8583b764a0..c9a6a3ca86 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,9 @@ static void mirror_start_job(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (mirror_top_bs == NULL) {
         return;
     }
+    if (!filter_node_name) {
+        mirror_top_bs->implicit = true;
+    }
     mirror_top_bs->total_sectors = bs->total_sectors;
     bdrv_set_aio_context(mirror_top_bs, bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
 
diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index 95b2e2daa5..d2b18ee9df 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockBackend *blk,
         info->backing_file = g_strdup(bs->backing_file);
     }
 
-    info->backing_file_depth = bdrv_get_backing_file_depth(bs);
     info->detect_zeroes = bs->detect_zeroes;
 
     if (blk && blk_get_public(blk)->throttle_state) {
@@ -125,6 +124,7 @@ BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockBackend *blk,
 
     bs0 = bs;
     p_image_info = &info->image;
+    info->backing_file_depth = 0;
     while (1) {
         Error *local_err = NULL;
         bdrv_query_image_info(bs0, p_image_info, &local_err);
@@ -133,13 +133,21 @@ BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockBackend *blk,
             qapi_free_BlockDeviceInfo(info);
             return NULL;
         }
+
         if (bs0->drv && bs0->backing) {
+            info->backing_file_depth++;
             bs0 = bs0->backing->bs;
             (*p_image_info)->has_backing_image = true;
             p_image_info = &((*p_image_info)->backing_image);
         } else {
             break;
         }
+
+        /* Skip automatically inserted nodes that the user isn't aware of for
+         * query-block (blk != NULL), but not for query-named-block-nodes */
+        while (blk && bs0 && bs0->drv && bs0->implicit) {
+            bs0 = backing_bs(bs0);
+        }
     }
 
     return info;
@@ -324,6 +332,11 @@ static void bdrv_query_info(BlockBackend *blk, BlockInfo **p_info,
     BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(blk);
     char *qdev;
 
+    /* Skip automatically inserted nodes that the user isn't aware of */
+    while (bs && bs->drv && bs->implicit) {
+        bs = backing_bs(bs);
+    }
+
     info->device = g_strdup(blk_name(blk));
     info->type = g_strdup("unknown");
     info->locked = blk_dev_is_medium_locked(blk);
@@ -434,8 +447,8 @@ static void bdrv_query_blk_stats(BlockDeviceStats *ds, BlockBackend *blk)
     }
 }
 
-static BlockStats *bdrv_query_bds_stats(const BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                 bool query_backing)
+static BlockStats *bdrv_query_bds_stats(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                        bool blk_level)
 {
     BlockStats *s = NULL;
 
@@ -446,6 +459,14 @@ static BlockStats *bdrv_query_bds_stats(const BlockDriverState *bs,
         return s;
     }
 
+    /* Skip automatically inserted nodes that the user isn't aware of in
+     * a BlockBackend-level command. Stay at the exact node for a node-level
+     * command. */
+    while (blk_level && bs->drv && bs->implicit) {
+        bs = backing_bs(bs);
+        assert(bs);
+    }
+
     if (bdrv_get_node_name(bs)[0]) {
         s->has_node_name = true;
         s->node_name = g_strdup(bdrv_get_node_name(bs));
@@ -455,12 +476,12 @@ static BlockStats *bdrv_query_bds_stats(const BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     if (bs->file) {
         s->has_parent = true;
-        s->parent = bdrv_query_bds_stats(bs->file->bs, query_backing);
+        s->parent = bdrv_query_bds_stats(bs->file->bs, blk_level);
     }
 
-    if (query_backing && bs->backing) {
+    if (blk_level && bs->backing) {
         s->has_backing = true;
-        s->backing = bdrv_query_bds_stats(bs->backing->bs, query_backing);
+        s->backing = bdrv_query_bds_stats(bs->backing->bs, blk_level);
     }
 
     return s;
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index b3e2674845..34770bb33a 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
                                        int bytes, BdrvRequestFlags flags);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_backing_image(BlockDriverState *bs,
     const char *backing_file);
-int bdrv_get_backing_file_depth(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_refresh_filename(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_truncate(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
                   Error **errp);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 5c6b761d81..d4f4ea7584 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     bool sg;        /* if true, the device is a /dev/sg* */
     bool probed;    /* if true, format was probed rather than specified */
     bool force_share; /* if true, always allow all shared permissions */
+    bool implicit;  /* if true, this filter node was automatically inserted */
 
     BlockDriver *drv; /* NULL means no media */
     void *opaque;
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index ff8e2ba0cb..006e048975 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@
 #
 # Get a list of BlockInfo for all virtual block devices.
 #
-# Returns: a list of @BlockInfo describing each virtual block device
+# Returns: a list of @BlockInfo describing each virtual block device. Filter
+# nodes that were created implicitly are skipped over.
 #
 # Since: 0.14.0
 #
@@ -780,7 +781,8 @@
 #               information, but not "backing".
 #               If false or omitted, the behavior is as before - query all the
 #               device backends, recursively including their "parent" and
-#               "backing". (Since 2.3)
+#               "backing". Filter nodes that were created implicitly are
+#               skipped over in this mode. (Since 2.3)
 #
 # Returns: A list of @BlockStats for each virtual block devices.
 #
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/040 b/tests/qemu-iotests/040
index 9d381d9b72..95b7510571 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/040
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/040
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class TestSingleDrive(ImageCommitTestCase):
         qemu_img('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-o', 'backing_file=%s' % mid_img, test_img)
         qemu_io('-f', 'raw', '-c', 'write -P 0xab 0 524288', backing_img)
         qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'write -P 0xef 524288 524288', mid_img)
-        self.vm = iotests.VM().add_drive(test_img, interface="none")
+        self.vm = iotests.VM().add_drive(test_img, "node-name=top,backing.node-name=mid,backing.backing.node-name=base", interface="none")
         self.vm.add_device("virtio-scsi-pci")
         self.vm.add_device("scsi-hd,id=scsi0,drive=drive0")
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -163,6 +163,34 @@ class TestSingleDrive(ImageCommitTestCase):
 
         self.assert_no_active_block_jobs()
 
+    # Tests that the insertion of the commit_top filter node doesn't make a
+    # difference to query-blockstat
+    def test_implicit_node(self):
+        if self.image_len == 0:
+            return
+
+        self.assert_no_active_block_jobs()
+        result = self.vm.qmp('block-commit', device='drive0', top=mid_img,
+                             base=backing_img, speed=(self.image_len / 4))
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('query-block')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/file', test_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/drv', iotests.imgfmt)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/backing_file', mid_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/backing_file_depth', 2)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', test_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/backing-image/filename', mid_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/backing-image/backing-image/filename', backing_img)
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('query-blockstats')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/node-name', 'top')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/backing/node-name', 'mid')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/backing/backing/node-name', 'base')
+
+        self.cancel_and_wait()
+        self.assert_no_active_block_jobs()
+
 class TestRelativePaths(ImageCommitTestCase):
     image_len = 1 * 1024 * 1024
     test_len = 1 * 1024 * 256
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out
index 6d9bee1a4b..e20a75ce4f 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-...........................
+.............................
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Ran 27 tests
+Ran 29 tests
 
 OK
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/041 b/tests/qemu-iotests/041
index 2f54986434..60f09cc175 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/041
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/041
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class TestSingleDrive(iotests.QMPTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         iotests.create_image(backing_img, self.image_len)
         qemu_img('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-o', 'backing_file=%s' % backing_img, test_img)
-        self.vm = iotests.VM().add_drive(test_img)
+        self.vm = iotests.VM().add_drive(test_img, "node-name=top,backing.node-name=base")
         if iotests.qemu_default_machine == 'pc':
             self.vm.add_drive(None, 'media=cdrom', 'ide')
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -169,6 +169,42 @@ class TestSingleDrive(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(iotests.compare_images(test_img, target_img),
                         'target image does not match source after mirroring')
 
+    # Tests that the insertion of the mirror_top filter node doesn't make a
+    # difference to query-block
+    def test_implicit_node(self):
+        self.assert_no_active_block_jobs()
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp(self.qmp_cmd, device='drive0', sync='full',
+                             target=self.qmp_target)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('query-block')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/file', test_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/drv', iotests.imgfmt)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/backing_file', backing_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/backing_file_depth', 1)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', test_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/backing-image/filename', backing_img)
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('query-blockstats')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/node-name', 'top')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/backing/node-name', 'base')
+
+        self.cancel_and_wait(force=True)
+        result = self.vm.qmp('query-block')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/file', test_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/drv', iotests.imgfmt)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/backing_file', backing_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/backing_file_depth', 1)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', test_img)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/backing-image/filename', backing_img)
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('query-blockstats')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/node-name', 'top')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/backing/node-name', 'base')
+
+        self.vm.shutdown()
+
     def test_medium_not_found(self):
         if iotests.qemu_default_machine != 'pc':
             return
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out
index e30fd3b05b..c28b392b87 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-...............................................................................
+.....................................................................................
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Ran 79 tests
+Ran 85 tests
 
 OK