diff --git a/block/replication.c b/block/replication.c
index eb480a8e08..9a9f36e524 100644
--- a/block/replication.c
+++ b/block/replication.c
@@ -331,9 +331,8 @@ static void secondary_do_checkpoint(BDRVReplicationState *s, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    ret = s->active_disk->bs->drv->bdrv_make_empty(s->active_disk->bs);
+    ret = bdrv_make_empty(s->active_disk, errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Cannot make active disk empty");
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index 6d5c090dec..34c121c07a 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -2960,9 +2960,7 @@ static int do_commit(BDRVVVFATState* s)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    if (s->qcow->bs->drv && s->qcow->bs->drv->bdrv_make_empty) {
-        s->qcow->bs->drv->bdrv_make_empty(s->qcow->bs);
-    }
+    bdrv_make_empty(s->qcow, NULL);
 
     memset(s->used_clusters, 0, sector2cluster(s, s->sector_count));