diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index 55be566f6d..9900b6420c 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -1194,8 +1194,10 @@ static coroutine_fn int qemu_gluster_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
 static coroutine_fn int qemu_gluster_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                                int64_t sector_num,
                                                int nb_sectors,
-                                               QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                               QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+                                               int flags)
 {
+    assert(!flags);
     return qemu_gluster_co_rw(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov, 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 6b110b207a..4fad5ac2fe 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -1000,15 +1000,10 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_driver_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs,
     assert((bytes & (BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE - 1)) == 0);
     assert((bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS) <= BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS);
 
-    if (drv->bdrv_co_writev_flags) {
-        ret = drv->bdrv_co_writev_flags(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov,
-                                        flags & bs->supported_write_flags);
-        flags &= ~bs->supported_write_flags;
-    } else {
-        assert(drv->bdrv_co_writev);
-        assert(!bs->supported_write_flags);
-        ret = drv->bdrv_co_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov);
-    }
+    assert(drv->bdrv_co_writev);
+    ret = drv->bdrv_co_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov,
+                              flags & bs->supported_write_flags);
+    flags &= ~bs->supported_write_flags;
 
 emulate_flags:
     if (ret == 0 && (flags & BDRV_REQ_FUA)) {
diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index d19ae0e398..3fd7203916 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ static inline bool iscsi_allocmap_is_valid(IscsiLun *iscsilun,
 }
 
 static int coroutine_fn
-iscsi_co_writev_flags(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
-                      QEMUIOVector *iov, int flags)
+iscsi_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
+                QEMUIOVector *iov, int flags)
 {
     IscsiLun *iscsilun = bs->opaque;
     struct IscsiTask iTask;
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_iscsi = {
     .bdrv_co_pdiscard      = iscsi_co_pdiscard,
     .bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes = iscsi_co_pwrite_zeroes,
     .bdrv_co_readv         = iscsi_co_readv,
-    .bdrv_co_writev_flags  = iscsi_co_writev_flags,
+    .bdrv_co_writev        = iscsi_co_writev,
     .bdrv_co_flush_to_disk = iscsi_co_flush,
 
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_iser = {
     .bdrv_co_pdiscard      = iscsi_co_pdiscard,
     .bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes = iscsi_co_pwrite_zeroes,
     .bdrv_co_readv         = iscsi_co_readv,
-    .bdrv_co_writev_flags  = iscsi_co_writev_flags,
+    .bdrv_co_writev        = iscsi_co_writev,
     .bdrv_co_flush_to_disk = iscsi_co_flush,
 
 #ifdef __linux__
diff --git a/block/parallels.c b/block/parallels.c
index 045810d00f..6e9c37f44e 100644
--- a/block/parallels.c
+++ b/block/parallels.c
@@ -311,13 +311,15 @@ static int coroutine_fn parallels_co_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs,
 }
 
 static coroutine_fn int parallels_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
-        int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                            int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
+                                            QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags)
 {
     BDRVParallelsState *s = bs->opaque;
     uint64_t bytes_done = 0;
     QEMUIOVector hd_qiov;
     int ret = 0;
 
+    assert(!flags);
     qemu_iovec_init(&hd_qiov, qiov->niov);
 
     while (nb_sectors > 0) {
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 4b2f7db74c..3ba2ca25ea 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -720,7 +720,8 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
 }
 
 static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
-                          int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                       int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+                                       int flags)
 {
     BDRVQcowState *s = bs->opaque;
     int index_in_cluster;
@@ -731,6 +732,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
     uint8_t *buf;
     void *orig_buf;
 
+    assert(!flags);
     s->cluster_cache_offset = -1; /* disable compressed cache */
 
     /* We must always copy the iov when encrypting, so we
@@ -1110,7 +1112,7 @@ qcow_co_pwritev_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
     if (ret != Z_STREAM_END || out_len >= s->cluster_size) {
         /* could not compress: write normal cluster */
         ret = qcow_co_writev(bs, offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
-                             bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, qiov);
+                             bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, qiov, 0);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index 1db8eaf241..65cfe92393 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -1437,8 +1437,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_qed_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
 
 static int coroutine_fn bdrv_qed_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                            int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
-                                           QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                           QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags)
 {
+    assert(!flags);
     return qed_co_request(bs, sector_num, qiov, nb_sectors, QED_AIOCB_WRITE);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/replication.c b/block/replication.c
index 6c0c7186d9..48148b884a 100644
--- a/block/replication.c
+++ b/block/replication.c
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ out:
 static coroutine_fn int replication_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                               int64_t sector_num,
                                               int remaining_sectors,
-                                              QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                              QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+                                              int flags)
 {
     BDRVReplicationState *s = bs->opaque;
     QEMUIOVector hd_qiov;
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int replication_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
     int ret;
     int64_t n;
 
+    assert(!flags);
     ret = replication_get_io_status(s);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out;
diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index fed2a04797..4237132419 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -2614,13 +2614,15 @@ static void sd_aio_complete(SheepdogAIOCB *acb)
 }
 
 static coroutine_fn int sd_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
-                        int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                     int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+                                     int flags)
 {
     SheepdogAIOCB acb;
     int ret;
     int64_t offset = (sector_num + nb_sectors) * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     BDRVSheepdogState *s = bs->opaque;
 
+    assert(!flags);
     if (offset > s->inode.vdi_size) {
         ret = sd_truncate(bs, offset, PREALLOC_MODE_OFF, NULL);
         if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/block/ssh.c b/block/ssh.c
index 412a1bfc17..4c4fa3ccfc 100644
--- a/block/ssh.c
+++ b/block/ssh.c
@@ -1164,11 +1164,13 @@ static int ssh_write(BDRVSSHState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
 
 static coroutine_fn int ssh_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                       int64_t sector_num,
-                                      int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                      int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+                                      int flags)
 {
     BDRVSSHState *s = bs->opaque;
     int ret;
 
+    assert(!flags);
     qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->lock);
     ret = ssh_write(s, bs, sector_num * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
                     nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, qiov);
diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index c3a4220a35..0b1e21c750 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,8 @@ int vhdx_user_visible_write(BlockDriverState *bs, BDRVVHDXState *s)
 }
 
 static coroutine_fn int vhdx_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
-                                      int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                                       int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+                                       int flags)
 {
     int ret = -ENOTSUP;
     BDRVVHDXState *s = bs->opaque;
@@ -1242,6 +1243,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int vhdx_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
     uint64_t bat_prior_offset = 0;
     bool bat_update = false;
 
+    assert(!flags);
     qemu_iovec_init(&hd_qiov, qiov->niov);
 
     qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->lock);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 0bba7ed024..e3d6219f4e 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ struct BlockDriver {
     int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_preadv)(BlockDriverState *bs,
         uint64_t offset, uint64_t bytes, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags);
     int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_writev)(BlockDriverState *bs,
-        int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
-    int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_writev_flags)(BlockDriverState *bs,
         int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags);
     /**
      * @offset: position in bytes to write at