diff --git a/block/qcow2-cache.c b/block/qcow2-cache.c
index 1d25147392..75746a7f43 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cache.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cache.c
@@ -411,3 +411,29 @@ void qcow2_cache_entry_mark_dirty(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c,
     assert(c->entries[i].offset != 0);
     c->entries[i].dirty = true;
 }
+
+void *qcow2_cache_is_table_offset(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c,
+                                  uint64_t offset)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < c->size; i++) {
+        if (c->entries[i].offset == offset) {
+            return qcow2_cache_get_table_addr(bs, c, i);
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void qcow2_cache_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void *table)
+{
+    int i = qcow2_cache_get_table_idx(bs, c, table);
+
+    assert(c->entries[i].ref == 0);
+
+    c->entries[i].offset = 0;
+    c->entries[i].lru_counter = 0;
+    c->entries[i].dirty = false;
+
+    qcow2_cache_table_release(bs, c, i, 1);
+}
diff --git a/block/qcow2-refcount.c b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
index 168fc32e7b..8c17c0e3aa 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-refcount.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
@@ -861,8 +861,24 @@ static int QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT update_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
         }
         s->set_refcount(refcount_block, block_index, refcount);
 
-        if (refcount == 0 && s->discard_passthrough[type]) {
-            update_refcount_discard(bs, cluster_offset, s->cluster_size);
+        if (refcount == 0) {
+            void *table;
+
+            table = qcow2_cache_is_table_offset(bs, s->refcount_block_cache,
+                                                offset);
+            if (table != NULL) {
+                qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, &refcount_block);
+                qcow2_cache_discard(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, table);
+            }
+
+            table = qcow2_cache_is_table_offset(bs, s->l2_table_cache, offset);
+            if (table != NULL) {
+                qcow2_cache_discard(bs, s->l2_table_cache, table);
+            }
+
+            if (s->discard_passthrough[type]) {
+                update_refcount_discard(bs, cluster_offset, s->cluster_size);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/block/qcow2.h b/block/qcow2.h
index 96a8d43c17..52c374e9ed 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.h
+++ b/block/qcow2.h
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ int qcow2_cache_get(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, uint64_t offset,
 int qcow2_cache_get_empty(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, uint64_t offset,
     void **table);
 void qcow2_cache_put(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void **table);
+void *qcow2_cache_is_table_offset(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c,
+                                  uint64_t offset);
+void qcow2_cache_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void *table);
 
 /* qcow2-bitmap.c functions */
 int qcow2_check_bitmaps_refcounts(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *res,