diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/019 b/tests/qemu-iotests/019
index e67445c75497218eaec11f007fa6111474b345e9..f5ecbf545143b36733a12a302f1f03a8b6b38149 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/019
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/019
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ mv "$TEST_IMG" "$TEST_IMG.orig"
 for backing_option in "-B " "-o backing_file="; do
 
     echo
-    echo Testing conversion with $backing_option$TEST_IMG.base | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
+    echo Testing conversion with $backing_option"$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
     echo
     $QEMU_IMG convert -O $IMGFMT $backing_option"$TEST_IMG.base" "$TEST_IMG.orig" "$TEST_IMG"
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/086 b/tests/qemu-iotests/086
index 48fe85bc437be96340dc7c96ade467d61ef2973b..d9a80cf8638b470e9dcaf42bb21fbd0a6311be33 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/086
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/086
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ function run_qemu_img()
 size=128M
 
 _make_test_img $size
-$QEMU_IO -c 'write 0 1M' $TEST_IMG | _filter_qemu_io
-$QEMU_IO -c 'write 2M 1M' $TEST_IMG | _filter_qemu_io
-$QEMU_IO -c 'write 4M 1M' $TEST_IMG | _filter_qemu_io
-$QEMU_IO -c 'write 32M 1M' $TEST_IMG | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c 'write 0 1M' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c 'write 2M 1M' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c 'write 4M 1M' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c 'write 32M 1M' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 
 $QEMU_IMG convert -p -O $IMGFMT -f $IMGFMT "$TEST_IMG" "$TEST_IMG".base  2>&1 |\
     _filter_testdir | sed -e 's/\r/\n/g'