diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
index a02c8160ebc6d03a86e4ae39d8cb93f5dca0f433..c555230e800df9300a6840dc7e61f6ab933a634a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
@@ -48,20 +48,15 @@ qemuBlockNamedNodesArrayToHash(size_t pos ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 static void
 qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataFree(qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr data)
 {
-    size_t i;
-
     if (!data)
         return;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < data->nelems; i++)
-        virJSONValueFree(data->elems[i]);
-
     VIR_FREE(data->nodeformat);
     VIR_FREE(data->nodestorage);
-    VIR_FREE(data->nodebacking);
 
     VIR_FREE(data->qemufilename);
-    VIR_FREE(data->backingstore);
+
+    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataFree(data->backing);
 
     VIR_FREE(data);
 }
@@ -75,55 +70,10 @@ qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataHashEntryFree(void *opaque,
 }
 
 
-struct qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainData {
-    virHashTablePtr table;
-    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr *entries;
-    size_t nentries;
-};
-
-
-static int
-qemuBlockNodeNameDetectProcessByFilename(size_t pos ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                         virJSONValuePtr item,
-                                         void *opaque)
-{
-    struct qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainData *data = opaque;
-    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr entry;
-    const char *file;
-
-    if (!(file = virJSONValueObjectGetString(item, "file")))
-        return 1;
-
-    if (!(entry = virHashLookup(data->table, file))) {
-        if (VIR_ALLOC(entry) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-        if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT_COPY(data->entries, data->nentries, entry) < 0) {
-            VIR_FREE(entry);
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        if (VIR_STRDUP(entry->qemufilename, file) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-        if (virHashAddEntry(data->table, file, entry) < 0)
-            return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(entry->elems, entry->nelems, item) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-static const char *qemuBlockDriversFormat[] = {
-    "qcow2", "raw", "qcow", "luks", "qed", "bochs", "cloop", "dmg", "parallels",
-    "vdi", "vhdx", "vmdk", "vpc", "vvfat", NULL};
-static const char *qemuBlockDriversStorage[] = {
-    "file", "iscsi", "nbd", "host_cdrom", "host_device", "ftp", "ftps",
-    "gluster", "http", "https", "nfs", "rbd", "sheepdog", "ssh", "tftp", NULL};
-
+/* list of driver names of layers that qemu automatically adds into the
+ * backing chain */
+static const char *qemuBlockDriversBlockjob[] = {
+    "mirror_top", "commit_top", NULL };
 
 static bool
 qemuBlockDriverMatch(const char *drvname,
@@ -140,86 +90,110 @@ qemuBlockDriverMatch(const char *drvname,
 }
 
 
+struct qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainData {
+    virHashTablePtr nodenamestable;
+    virHashTablePtr disks;
+};
+
+
 static int
-qemuBlockNodeNameDetectProcessExtract(qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr data)
+qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainBacking(virJSONValuePtr next,
+                                        virHashTablePtr nodenamestable,
+                                        qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr *nodenamedata)
 {
-    const char *drv;
-    const char *nodename;
-    const char *backingstore;
-    size_t i;
+    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr data = NULL;
+    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr backingdata = NULL;
+    virJSONValuePtr backing = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(next, "backing");
+    virJSONValuePtr parent = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(next, "parent");
+    virJSONValuePtr parentnodedata;
+    virJSONValuePtr nodedata;
+    const char *nodename = virJSONValueObjectGetString(next, "node-name");
+    const char *drvname;
+    const char *parentnodename = NULL;
+    const char *filename = NULL;
+    int ret = -1;
 
-    /* Since the only way to construct the backing chain is to look up the files
-     * by file name, if two disks share a backing image we can't know which node
-     * belongs to which backing chain. Refuse to detect such chains. */
-    if (data->nelems > 2)
+    if (!nodename)
         return 0;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < data->nelems; i++) {
-        drv = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data->elems[i], "drv");
-        nodename = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data->elems[i], "node-name");
-        backingstore = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data->elems[i], "backing_file");
+    if ((nodedata = virHashLookup(nodenamestable, nodename)) &&
+        (drvname = virJSONValueObjectGetString(nodedata, "drv"))) {
+
+        /* qemu 2.9 reports layers in the backing chain which don't correspond
+         * to files. skip them */
+        if (qemuBlockDriverMatch(drvname, qemuBlockDriversBlockjob)) {
+            if (backing) {
+                return qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainBacking(backing,
+                                                               nodenamestable,
+                                                               nodenamedata);
+            } else {
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-        if (!drv || !nodename)
-            continue;
+    if (parent &&
+        (parentnodename = virJSONValueObjectGetString(parent, "node-name"))) {
+        if ((parentnodedata = virHashLookup(nodenamestable, parentnodename)))
+            filename = virJSONValueObjectGetString(parentnodedata, "file");
+    }
 
-        if (qemuBlockDriverMatch(drv, qemuBlockDriversFormat)) {
-            if (data->nodeformat)
-                continue;
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(data) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
-            if (VIR_STRDUP(data->nodeformat, nodename) < 0)
-                return -1;
+    if (VIR_STRDUP(data->nodeformat, nodename) < 0 ||
+        VIR_STRDUP(data->nodestorage, parentnodename) < 0 ||
+        VIR_STRDUP(data->qemufilename, filename) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
-            /* extract the backing store file name for the protocol layer */
-            if (VIR_STRDUP(data->backingstore, backingstore) < 0)
-                return -1;
-        } else if (qemuBlockDriverMatch(drv, qemuBlockDriversStorage)) {
-            if (data->nodestorage)
-                continue;
+    if (backing &&
+        qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainBacking(backing, nodenamestable,
+                                                &backingdata) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
-            if (VIR_STRDUP(data->nodestorage, nodename) < 0)
-                return -1;
-        }
-    }
+    VIR_STEAL_PTR(data->backing, backingdata);
+    VIR_STEAL_PTR(*nodenamedata, data);
 
-    return 0;
+    ret = 0;
+
+ cleanup:
+    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataFree(data);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 
 static int
-qemuBlockNodeNameDetectProcessLinkBacking(qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr data,
-                                          virHashTablePtr table)
+qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainDisk(size_t pos ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                     virJSONValuePtr item,
+                                     void *opaque)
 {
-    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr backing;
-
-    if (!data->backingstore)
-        return 0;
-
-    if (!(backing = virHashLookup(table, data->backingstore)))
-        return 0;
-
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(data->nodebacking, backing->nodeformat) < 0)
-        return -1;
+    struct qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainData *data = opaque;
+    const char *device = virJSONValueObjectGetString(item, "device");
+    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr devicedata = NULL;
+    int ret = -1;
 
-    return 0;
-}
+    if (qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainBacking(item, data->nodenamestable,
+                                                &devicedata) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
+    if (devicedata &&
+        virHashAddEntry(data->disks, device, devicedata) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
-static void
-qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainDataClearLookup(qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr data)
-{
-    size_t i;
+    devicedata = NULL;
+    ret = 1; /* we don't really want to steal @item */
 
-    for (i = 0; i < data->nelems; i++)
-        virJSONValueFree(data->elems[i]);
+ cleanup:
+    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataFree(devicedata);
 
-    VIR_FREE(data->elems);
-    data->nelems = 0;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 
 /**
  * qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain:
- * @json: JSON array of data returned from 'query-named-block-nodes'
+ * @namednodes: JSON array of data returned from 'query-named-block-nodes'
+ * @blockstats: JSON array of data returned from 'query-blockstats'
  *
  * Tries to reconstruct the backing chain from @json to allow detection of
  * node names that were auto-assigned by qemu. This is a best-effort operation
@@ -230,69 +204,40 @@ qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainDataClearLookup(qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDat
  * Returns a hash table on success and NULL on failure.
  */
 virHashTablePtr
-qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(virJSONValuePtr json)
+qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(virJSONValuePtr namednodes,
+                                 virJSONValuePtr blockstats)
 {
     struct qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainData data;
-    virHashTablePtr nodetable = NULL;
+    virHashTablePtr namednodestable = NULL;
+    virHashTablePtr disks = NULL;
     virHashTablePtr ret = NULL;
-    size_t i;
 
     memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
 
-    /* hash table keeps the entries accessible by the 'file' in qemu */
-    if (!(data.table = virHashCreate(50, NULL)))
+    if (!(namednodestable = virHashCreate(50, virJSONValueHashFree)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    /* first group the named entries by the 'file' field */
-    if (virJSONValueArrayForeachSteal(json,
-                                      qemuBlockNodeNameDetectProcessByFilename,
-                                      &data) < 0)
+    if (virJSONValueArrayForeachSteal(namednodes,
+                                      qemuBlockNamedNodesArrayToHash,
+                                      namednodestable) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    /* extract the node names for the format and storage layer */
-    for (i = 0; i < data.nentries; i++) {
-        if (qemuBlockNodeNameDetectProcessExtract(data.entries[i]) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    /* extract the node name for the backing file */
-    for (i = 0; i < data.nentries; i++) {
-        if (qemuBlockNodeNameDetectProcessLinkBacking(data.entries[i],
-                                                      data.table) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    /* clear JSON data necessary only for the lookup procedure */
-    for (i = 0; i < data.nentries; i++)
-        qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainDataClearLookup(data.entries[i]);
-
-    /* create hash table hashed by the format node name */
-    if (!(nodetable = virHashCreate(50,
-                                    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataHashEntryFree)))
+    if (!(disks = virHashCreate(50, qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataHashEntryFree)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    /* fill the entries */
-    for (i = 0; i < data.nentries; i++) {
-        if (!data.entries[i]->nodeformat)
-            continue;
-
-        if (virHashAddEntry(nodetable, data.entries[i]->nodeformat,
-                            data.entries[i]) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
+    data.nodenamestable = namednodestable;
+    data.disks = disks;
 
-        /* hash table steals the entry and then frees it by itself */
-        data.entries[i] = NULL;
-    }
+    if (virJSONValueArrayForeachSteal(blockstats,
+                                      qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChainDisk,
+                                      &data) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
-    VIR_STEAL_PTR(ret, nodetable);
+    VIR_STEAL_PTR(ret, disks);
 
  cleanup:
-     virHashFree(data.table);
-     virHashFree(nodetable);
-     for (i = 0; i < data.nentries; i++)
-         qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataFree(data.entries[i]);
-
-    VIR_FREE(data.entries);
+     virHashFree(namednodestable);
+     virHashFree(disks);
 
      return ret;
 }
@@ -314,20 +259,19 @@ qemuBlockDiskClearDetectedNodes(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
 
 static int
 qemuBlockDiskDetectNodes(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
-                         const char *parentnode,
-                         virHashTablePtr table)
+                         virHashTablePtr disktable)
 {
     qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr entry = NULL;
     virStorageSourcePtr src = disk->src;
 
-    /* don't attempt the detection if the top level already has node names */
-    if (!parentnode || src->nodeformat || src->nodestorage)
+    if (!(entry = virHashLookup(disktable, disk->info.alias)))
         return 0;
 
-    while (src && parentnode) {
-        if (!(entry = virHashLookup(table, parentnode)))
-            break;
+    /* don't attempt the detection if the top level already has node names */
+    if (src->nodeformat || src->nodestorage)
+        return 0;
 
+    while (src && entry) {
         if (src->nodeformat || src->nodestorage) {
             if (STRNEQ_NULLABLE(src->nodeformat, entry->nodeformat) ||
                 STRNEQ_NULLABLE(src->nodestorage, entry->nodestorage))
@@ -340,7 +284,7 @@ qemuBlockDiskDetectNodes(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
                 goto error;
         }
 
-        parentnode = entry->nodebacking;
+        entry = entry->backing;
         src = src->backingStore;
     }
 
@@ -359,10 +303,9 @@ qemuBlockNodeNamesDetect(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     virHashTablePtr disktable = NULL;
-    virHashTablePtr nodenametable = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data = NULL;
+    virJSONValuePtr blockstats = NULL;
     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk;
-    struct qemuDomainDiskInfo *info;
     size_t i;
     int ret = -1;
 
@@ -372,22 +315,19 @@ qemuBlockNodeNamesDetect(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (qemuDomainObjEnterMonitorAsync(driver, vm, asyncJob) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    disktable = qemuMonitorGetBlockInfo(qemuDomainGetMonitor(vm));
     data = qemuMonitorQueryNamedBlockNodes(qemuDomainGetMonitor(vm));
+    blockstats = qemuMonitorQueryBlockstats(qemuDomainGetMonitor(vm));
 
-    if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0 || !data || !disktable)
+    if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0 || !data || !blockstats)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(nodenametable = qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(data)))
+    if (!(disktable = qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(data, blockstats)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     for (i = 0; i < vm->def->ndisks; i++) {
         disk = vm->def->disks[i];
 
-        if (!(info = virHashLookup(disktable, disk->info.alias)))
-            continue;
-
-        if (qemuBlockDiskDetectNodes(disk, info->nodename, nodenametable) < 0)
+        if (qemuBlockDiskDetectNodes(disk, disktable) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
@@ -395,7 +335,7 @@ qemuBlockNodeNamesDetect(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
  cleanup:
     virJSONValueFree(data);
-    virHashFree(nodenametable);
+    virJSONValueFree(blockstats);
     virHashFree(disktable);
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
index 17dec799f8e5d9e159065fd372d5798aa0420336..5d21057a77964d13a1661de3a93f66fa8605d6ce 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
@@ -31,19 +31,15 @@ typedef struct qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainData qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDa
 typedef qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainData *qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr;
 struct qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainData {
     char *qemufilename; /* name of the image from qemu */
-    char *backingstore;
     char *nodeformat;   /* node name of the format layer */
     char *nodestorage;  /* node name of the storage backing the format node */
 
-    char *nodebacking; /* node name of the backing file format layer */
-
-    /* data necessary for detection of the node names from qemu */
-    virJSONValuePtr *elems;
-    size_t nelems;
+    qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr backing;
 };
 
 virHashTablePtr
-qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(virJSONValuePtr data);
+qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(virJSONValuePtr namednodesdata,
+                                 virJSONValuePtr blockstats);
 
 int
 qemuBlockNodeNamesDetect(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic-blockstats.json b/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic-blockstats.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3752b4cfe92ecd0ba5347898d2fd5ea644ef370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic-blockstats.json
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+[
+    {
+      "device": "drive-virtio-disk0",
+      "parent": {
+        "stats": {
+          "flush_total_time_ns": 0,
+          "wr_highest_offset": 32899072,
+          "wr_total_time_ns": 0,
+          "failed_wr_operations": 0,
+          "failed_rd_operations": 0,
+          "wr_merged": 0,
+          "wr_bytes": 0,
+          "timed_stats": [
+
+          ],
+          "failed_flush_operations": 0,
+          "account_invalid": false,
+          "rd_total_time_ns": 0,
+          "flush_operations": 0,
+          "wr_operations": 0,
+          "rd_merged": 0,
+          "rd_bytes": 0,
+          "invalid_flush_operations": 0,
+          "account_failed": false,
+          "rd_operations": 0,
+          "invalid_wr_operations": 0,
+          "invalid_rd_operations": 0
+        },
+        "node-name": "#block033"
+      },
+      "stats": {
+        "flush_total_time_ns": 452246313,
+        "wr_highest_offset": 8072282112,
+        "wr_total_time_ns": 4803102521,
+        "failed_wr_operations": 0,
+        "failed_rd_operations": 0,
+        "wr_merged": 8,
+        "wr_bytes": 6517248,
+        "timed_stats": [
+
+        ],
+        "failed_flush_operations": 0,
+        "account_invalid": true,
+        "rd_total_time_ns": 11065169148,
+        "flush_operations": 10,
+        "wr_operations": 129,
+        "rd_merged": 77,
+        "rd_bytes": 76399104,
+        "invalid_flush_operations": 0,
+        "account_failed": true,
+        "idle_time_ns": 22663656304,
+        "rd_operations": 4038,
+        "invalid_wr_operations": 0,
+        "invalid_rd_operations": 0
+      },
+      "backing": {
+        "parent": {
+          "stats": {
+            "flush_total_time_ns": 0,
+            "wr_highest_offset": 0,
+            "wr_total_time_ns": 0,
+            "failed_wr_operations": 0,
+            "failed_rd_operations": 0,
+            "wr_merged": 0,
+            "wr_bytes": 0,
+            "timed_stats": [
+
+            ],
+            "failed_flush_operations": 0,
+            "account_invalid": false,
+            "rd_total_time_ns": 0,
+            "flush_operations": 0,
+            "wr_operations": 0,
+            "rd_merged": 0,
+            "rd_bytes": 0,
+            "invalid_flush_operations": 0,
+            "account_failed": false,
+            "rd_operations": 0,
+            "invalid_wr_operations": 0,
+            "invalid_rd_operations": 0
+          },
+          "node-name": "#block220"
+        },
+        "stats": {
+          "flush_total_time_ns": 0,
+          "wr_highest_offset": 0,
+          "wr_total_time_ns": 0,
+          "failed_wr_operations": 0,
+          "failed_rd_operations": 0,
+          "wr_merged": 0,
+          "wr_bytes": 0,
+          "timed_stats": [
+
+          ],
+          "failed_flush_operations": 0,
+          "account_invalid": false,
+          "rd_total_time_ns": 0,
+          "flush_operations": 0,
+          "wr_operations": 0,
+          "rd_merged": 0,
+          "rd_bytes": 0,
+          "invalid_flush_operations": 0,
+          "account_failed": false,
+          "rd_operations": 0,
+          "invalid_wr_operations": 0,
+          "invalid_rd_operations": 0
+        },
+        "backing": {
+          "parent": {
+            "stats": {
+              "flush_total_time_ns": 0,
+              "wr_highest_offset": 0,
+              "wr_total_time_ns": 0,
+              "failed_wr_operations": 0,
+              "failed_rd_operations": 0,
+              "wr_merged": 0,
+              "wr_bytes": 0,
+              "timed_stats": [
+
+              ],
+              "failed_flush_operations": 0,
+              "account_invalid": false,
+              "rd_total_time_ns": 0,
+              "flush_operations": 0,
+              "wr_operations": 0,
+              "rd_merged": 0,
+              "rd_bytes": 0,
+              "invalid_flush_operations": 0,
+              "account_failed": false,
+              "rd_operations": 0,
+              "invalid_wr_operations": 0,
+              "invalid_rd_operations": 0
+            },
+            "node-name": "#block481"
+          },
+          "stats": {
+            "flush_total_time_ns": 0,
+            "wr_highest_offset": 0,
+            "wr_total_time_ns": 0,
+            "failed_wr_operations": 0,
+            "failed_rd_operations": 0,
+            "wr_merged": 0,
+            "wr_bytes": 0,
+            "timed_stats": [
+
+            ],
+            "failed_flush_operations": 0,
+            "account_invalid": false,
+            "rd_total_time_ns": 0,
+            "flush_operations": 0,
+            "wr_operations": 0,
+            "rd_merged": 0,
+            "rd_bytes": 0,
+            "invalid_flush_operations": 0,
+            "account_failed": false,
+            "rd_operations": 0,
+            "invalid_wr_operations": 0,
+            "invalid_rd_operations": 0
+          },
+          "node-name": "#block558"
+        },
+        "node-name": "#block306"
+      },
+      "node-name": "#block187"
+    }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic-named-nodes.json b/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic-named-nodes.json
index fe2f32176e25994ebd0c295345b35737b80e0295..ce8fdae70ff66c97bf3ff3a5ecd85dafe1fb5f03 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic-named-nodes.json
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic-named-nodes.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       },
       "iops_wr": 0,
       "ro": true,
-      "node-name": "#block567",
+      "node-name": "#block558",
       "backing_file_depth": 0,
       "drv": "qcow2",
       "iops": 0,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       },
       "iops_wr": 0,
       "ro": true,
-      "node-name": "#block424",
+      "node-name": "#block481",
       "backing_file_depth": 0,
       "drv": "file",
       "iops": 0,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       },
       "iops_wr": 0,
       "ro": true,
-      "node-name": "#block331",
+      "node-name": "#block306",
       "backing_file_depth": 1,
       "drv": "qcow2",
       "iops": 0,
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
       },
       "iops_wr": 0,
       "ro": true,
-      "node-name": "#block281",
+      "node-name": "#block220",
       "backing_file_depth": 0,
       "drv": "file",
       "iops": 0,
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
         "filename": "/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel7.3.1483545313",
         "cluster-size": 65536,
         "format": "qcow2",
-        "actual-size": 32968704,
+        "actual-size": 33165312,
         "format-specific": {
           "type": "qcow2",
           "data": {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
       },
       "iops_wr": 0,
       "ro": false,
-      "node-name": "#block118",
+      "node-name": "#block187",
       "backing_file_depth": 2,
       "drv": "qcow2",
       "iops": 0,
@@ -240,15 +240,15 @@
       "iops_rd": 0,
       "detect_zeroes": "off",
       "image": {
-        "virtual-size": 33030144,
+        "virtual-size": 33226752,
         "filename": "/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel7.3.1483545313",
         "format": "file",
-        "actual-size": 32968704,
+        "actual-size": 33165312,
         "dirty-flag": false
       },
       "iops_wr": 0,
       "ro": false,
-      "node-name": "#block078",
+      "node-name": "#block033",
       "backing_file_depth": 0,
       "drv": "file",
       "iops": 0,
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic.result b/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic.result
index 992fc5165e9d81faf3201fcbd486aae73726d06b..09e0b36acf61d4ceb2d592fb76b585d6dee2e52e 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic.result
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsondata/qemumonitorjson-nodename-basic.result
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 filename    : '/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel7.3.1483545313'
-format node : '#block118'
-storage node: '#block078'
+format node : '#block187'
+storage node: '#block033'
   filename    : '/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel7.3.1483536402'
-  format node : '#block331'
-  storage node: '#block281'
+  format node : '#block306'
+  storage node: '#block220'
     filename    : '/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel7.3.qcow2'
-    format node : '#block567'
-    storage node: '#block424'
+    format node : '#block558'
+    storage node: '#block481'
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index c3e86419d1f65931cdb664e1a1148949a47c89f0..cb7a7dbdb7a8153399ed9ae537f4a404d62ad727 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -2704,18 +2704,17 @@ struct testBlockNodeNameDetectData {
 
 static void
 testBlockNodeNameDetectFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
-                              const char *basenode,
+                              const char *diskalias,
                               virHashTablePtr nodedata)
 {
     qemuBlockNodeNameBackingChainDataPtr entry = NULL;
-    const char *node = basenode;
 
     virBufferSetIndent(buf, 0);
 
-    while (node) {
-        if (!(entry = virHashLookup(nodedata, node)))
-            break;
+    if (!(entry = virHashLookup(nodedata, diskalias)))
+        return;
 
+    while (entry) {
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, "filename    : '%s'\n", entry->qemufilename);
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, "format node : '%s'\n",
                           NULLSTR(entry->nodeformat));
@@ -2724,7 +2723,7 @@ testBlockNodeNameDetectFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
 
         virBufferAdjustIndent(buf, 2);
 
-        node = entry->nodebacking;
+        entry = entry->backing;
     }
 
     virBufferSetIndent(buf, 0);
@@ -2742,6 +2741,7 @@ testBlockNodeNameDetect(const void *opaque)
     char **nodenames = NULL;
     char **next;
     virJSONValuePtr namedNodesJson = NULL;
+    virJSONValuePtr blockstatsJson = NULL;
     virHashTablePtr nodedata = NULL;
     virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -2757,7 +2757,12 @@ testBlockNodeNameDetect(const void *opaque)
                                                "-named-nodes.json", NULL)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(nodedata = qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(namedNodesJson)))
+    if (!(blockstatsJson = virTestLoadFileJSON(pathprefix, data->name,
+                                               "-blockstats.json", NULL)))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (!(nodedata = qemuBlockNodeNameGetBackingChain(namedNodesJson,
+                                                      blockstatsJson)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     for (next = nodenames; *next; next++)
@@ -2781,6 +2786,7 @@ testBlockNodeNameDetect(const void *opaque)
     virHashFree(nodedata);
     virStringListFree(nodenames);
     virJSONValueFree(namedNodesJson);
+    virJSONValueFree(blockstatsJson);
 
     return ret;
 }
@@ -2929,7 +2935,7 @@ mymain(void)
             ret = -1;                                                          \
     } while (0)
 
-    DO_TEST_BLOCK_NODE_DETECT("basic", "#block118");
+    DO_TEST_BLOCK_NODE_DETECT("basic", "drive-virtio-disk0");
 /*    DO_TEST_BLOCK_NODE_DETECT("same-backing", "#block170,#block574"); */
 /*    DO_TEST_BLOCK_NODE_DETECT("relative", "#block153,#block1177"); */
 /*    DO_TEST_BLOCK_NODE_DETECT("gluster", "#block1008"); */