diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 820f512c7b..9436a8d5ee 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -868,12 +868,14 @@ static void coroutine_fn mirror_run(void *opaque)
         }
 
         ret = 0;
+
+        if (s->synced && !should_complete) {
+            delay_ns = (s->in_flight == 0 && cnt == 0 ? SLICE_TIME : 0);
+        }
         trace_mirror_before_sleep(s, cnt, s->synced, delay_ns);
+        block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, delay_ns);
         if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common) && s->common.force) {
             break;
-        } else if (!should_complete) {
-            delay_ns = (s->in_flight == 0 && cnt == 0 ? SLICE_TIME : 0);
-            block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, delay_ns);
         }
         s->last_pause_ns = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME);
     }
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/185.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/185.out
index 2c4b04de73..992162f418 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/185.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/185.out
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=67108864 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.q
 {"return": {}}
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.copy', fmt=qcow2 size=67108864 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 {"return": {}}
-{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_READY", "data": {"device": "disk", "len": 4194304, "offset": 4194304, "speed": 65536, "type": "mirror"}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_READY", "data": {"device": "disk", "len": 4194304, "offset": 4194304, "speed": 65536, "type": "mirror"}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED", "data": {"device": "disk", "len": 4194304, "offset": 4194304, "speed": 65536, "type": "mirror"}}
 
 === Start backup job and exit qemu ===