diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
index 71bb143ea267362f9e07d2932a7ab03b9477fd6e..d9d22d8f61b0f855040aa066ddd50f35fec80c0d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ qemuBlockJobDataNew(qemuBlockJobType type,
 int
 qemuBlockJobRegister(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job,
                      virDomainObjPtr vm,
-                     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
+                     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
+                     bool savestatus)
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
 
@@ -128,6 +129,9 @@ qemuBlockJobRegister(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job,
         QEMU_DOMAIN_DISK_PRIVATE(disk)->blockjob = virObjectRef(job);
     }
 
+    if (savestatus)
+        qemuDomainSaveStatus(vm);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -152,6 +156,8 @@ qemuBlockJobUnregister(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job,
 
     /* this may remove the last reference of 'job' */
     virHashRemoveEntry(priv->blockjobs, job->name);
+
+    qemuDomainSaveStatus(vm);
 }
 
 
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskNew(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     if (!(job = qemuBlockJobDataNew(type, jobname)))
         return NULL;
 
-    if (qemuBlockJobRegister(job, vm, disk) < 0)
+    if (qemuBlockJobRegister(job, vm, disk, true) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     VIR_RETURN_PTR(job);
@@ -206,10 +212,13 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskGetJob(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
  * Mark @job as started in qemu.
  */
 void
-qemuBlockJobStarted(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job)
+qemuBlockJobStarted(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job,
+                    virDomainObjPtr vm)
 {
     if (job->state == QEMU_BLOCKJOB_STATE_NEW)
         job->state = QEMU_BLOCKJOB_STATE_RUNNING;
+
+    qemuDomainSaveStatus(vm);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
index 5b3af69d894f1233234659ca7de777e1353cb2f8..c5fd6363404726d35383a7e92a330d447352ebcb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ struct _qemuBlockJobData {
 int
 qemuBlockJobRegister(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job,
                      virDomainObjPtr vm,
-                     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
+                     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
+                     bool savestatus)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
 
 qemuBlockJobDataPtr
@@ -107,8 +108,9 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskGetJob(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
 void
-qemuBlockJobStarted(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
+qemuBlockJobStarted(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job,
+                    virDomainObjPtr vm)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
 
 bool
 qemuBlockJobIsRunning(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index faa68e86fd1e853caf79c1abb24d3c0dfcd30e5a..1be602cc991e9eebfb36f4ec8af4e9db1715ca31 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2748,7 +2748,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobData(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     job->errmsg = virXPathString("string(./errmsg)", ctxt);
     job->invalidData = invalidData;
 
-    if (qemuBlockJobRegister(job, vm, disk) < 0)
+    if (qemuBlockJobRegister(job, vm, disk, false) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 766181bd5d687a8563abd66625cbd968c410feb3..af58dacbaa44cc4266abda63b1ea20cfc8ef2845 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4704,7 +4704,7 @@ processBlockJobEvent(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (!(job = qemuBlockJobDiskGetJob(disk))) {
         if (!(job = qemuBlockJobDiskNew(vm, disk, type, diskAlias)))
             goto endjob;
-        qemuBlockJobStarted(job);
+        job->state = QEMU_BLOCKJOB_STATE_RUNNING;
     }
 
     job->newstate = status;
@@ -17100,7 +17100,7 @@ qemuDomainBlockPullCommon(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (ret < 0)
         goto endjob;
 
-    qemuBlockJobStarted(job);
+    qemuBlockJobStarted(job, vm);
 
     if (virDomainSaveStatus(driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir, vm, driver->caps) < 0)
         VIR_WARN("Unable to save status on vm %s after state change",
@@ -17676,11 +17676,11 @@ qemuDomainBlockCopyCommon(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     }
 
     /* Update vm in place to match changes.  */
-    qemuBlockJobStarted(job);
     need_unlink = false;
     virStorageFileDeinit(mirror);
     VIR_STEAL_PTR(disk->mirror, mirror);
     disk->mirrorJob = VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_TYPE_COPY;
+    qemuBlockJobStarted(job, vm);
 
     if (virDomainSaveStatus(driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir, vm, driver->caps) < 0)
         VIR_WARN("Unable to save status on vm %s after state change",
@@ -18066,11 +18066,11 @@ qemuDomainBlockCommit(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto endjob;
     }
 
-    qemuBlockJobStarted(job);
     if (mirror) {
         VIR_STEAL_PTR(disk->mirror, mirror);
         disk->mirrorJob = VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_TYPE_ACTIVE_COMMIT;
     }
+    qemuBlockJobStarted(job, vm);
 
     if (virDomainSaveStatus(driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir, vm, driver->caps) < 0)
         VIR_WARN("Unable to save status on vm %s after block job",
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index ce4f3428f1f5d077fd5c94e8bc31f996abe2cf88..7c6be201b9d355d933a14f9405db14c94a2071f8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ qemuMigrationSrcNBDStorageCopyOne(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto cleanup;
 
     diskPriv->migrating = true;
-    qemuBlockJobStarted(job);
+    qemuBlockJobStarted(job, vm);
 
     ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index b1a89aa26d9b42e9b88e696077db9fdf33efe458..0e9eedd9d692f8b62d21161d7c48afc79cc58948 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -7819,8 +7819,6 @@ qemuProcessRefreshLegacyBlockjob(void *payload,
     if (!(job = qemuBlockJobDiskNew(vm, disk, jobtype, jobname)))
         return -1;
 
-    qemuBlockJobStarted(job);
-
     if (disk->mirror) {
         if (info->ready == 1 ||
             (info->ready == -1 && info->end == info->cur)) {
@@ -7849,6 +7847,8 @@ qemuProcessRefreshLegacyBlockjob(void *payload,
         }
     }
 
+    qemuBlockJobStarted(job, vm);
+
  cleanup:
     qemuBlockJobStartupFinalize(vm, job);