diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 6a3703e6ee..3ecef5bc90 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -543,27 +543,37 @@ class VM(qtest.QEMUQtestMachine):
     # Returns None on success, and an error string on failure
     def run_job(self, job, auto_finalize=True, auto_dismiss=False,
                 pre_finalize=None, wait=60.0):
+        match_device = {'data': {'device': job}}
+        match_id = {'data': {'id': job}}
+        events = [
+            ('BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED', match_device),
+            ('BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED', match_device),
+            ('BLOCK_JOB_ERROR', match_device),
+            ('BLOCK_JOB_READY', match_device),
+            ('BLOCK_JOB_PENDING', match_id),
+            ('JOB_STATUS_CHANGE', match_id)
+        ]
         error = None
         while True:
-            for ev in self.get_qmp_events_filtered(wait=wait):
-                if ev['event'] == 'JOB_STATUS_CHANGE':
-                    status = ev['data']['status']
-                    if status == 'aborting':
-                        result = self.qmp('query-jobs')
-                        for j in result['return']:
-                            if j['id'] == job:
-                                error = j['error']
-                                log('Job failed: %s' % (j['error']))
-                    elif status == 'pending' and not auto_finalize:
-                        if pre_finalize:
-                            pre_finalize()
-                        self.qmp_log('job-finalize', id=job)
-                    elif status == 'concluded' and not auto_dismiss:
-                        self.qmp_log('job-dismiss', id=job)
-                    elif status == 'null':
-                        return error
-                else:
-                    log(ev)
+            ev = filter_qmp_event(self.events_wait(events))
+            if ev['event'] != 'JOB_STATUS_CHANGE':
+                log(ev)
+                continue
+            status = ev['data']['status']
+            if status == 'aborting':
+                result = self.qmp('query-jobs')
+                for j in result['return']:
+                    if j['id'] == job:
+                        error = j['error']
+                        log('Job failed: %s' % (j['error']))
+            elif status == 'pending' and not auto_finalize:
+                if pre_finalize:
+                    pre_finalize()
+                self.qmp_log('job-finalize', id=job)
+            elif status == 'concluded' and not auto_dismiss:
+                self.qmp_log('job-dismiss', id=job)
+            elif status == 'null':
+                return error
 
     def node_info(self, node_name):
         nodes = self.qmp('query-named-block-nodes')