diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c
index 80fc5d77f800dc5cad2c6ea0a158192980c534be..b317b841cdfa608362c92a4cafadeb0103866bf6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ qemuBackupDiskPrepareDataOne(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (!qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(vm, dd->domdisk))
+        return -1;
+
     if (!dd->store->format)
         dd->store->format = VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c b/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c
index 3f6aa36ef32c34f2f51dc20d17b576edeee28c58..b71b4a7d14dc0f8ed6580ab12fb27029c9d7a9b9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ qemuCheckpointPrepare(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                vm->def->disks[i]->src->format));
             return -1;
         }
+
+        if (!qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(vm, vm->def->disks[i]))
+            return -1;
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index a249442dd215fd85a9050474a1bb8d6a4dd051aa..bbc292d0a1a2e3bb208d69bedee726b36dd4ee63 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -13616,3 +13616,29 @@ qemuDomainInitializePflashStorageSource(virDomainObjPtr vm)
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported:
+ *
+ * Returns true if block jobs are supported on @disk by @vm or false and reports
+ * an error otherwise.
+ *
+ * Note that this does not verify whether other block jobs are running etc.
+ */
+bool
+qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                  virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
+{
+    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+
+    if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV) &&
+        qemuDiskBusIsSD(disk->bus)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED,
+                       _("block jobs are not supported on disk '%s' using bus 'sd'"),
+                       disk->dst);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index ea0fce64a886eedd9362ebd20615543b70c159a1..41d3f1561dd99f74b33b45b1222fefebacc506b2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -1293,3 +1293,7 @@ qemuDomainMakeCPUMigratable(virCPUDefPtr cpu);
 
 int
 qemuDomainInitializePflashStorageSource(virDomainObjPtr vm);
+
+bool
+qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                  virDomainDiskDefPtr disk);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index cb0373bf76f48435832a0abaadad15987bd45e28..c7eb62f10d9591f69ba70d7e60c17d35682e5681 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -14603,7 +14603,8 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalInactive(virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr snapdi
 
 
 static int
-qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalActive(virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr snapdisk,
+qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalActive(virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                            virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr snapdisk,
                                             virDomainDiskDefPtr domdisk,
                                             bool blockdev)
 {
@@ -14616,6 +14617,9 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalActive(virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr snapdisk
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (!qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(vm, domdisk))
+        return -1;
+
     switch ((virStorageType)actualType) {
     case VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_BLOCK:
     case VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE:
@@ -14671,7 +14675,8 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalActive(virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr snapdisk
 
 
 static int
-qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternal(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
+qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternal(virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                      virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
                                       virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr snapdisk,
                                       bool active,
                                       bool reuse,
@@ -14698,7 +14703,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternal(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
         if (qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalInactive(snapdisk, disk) < 0)
             return -1;
     } else {
-        if (qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalActive(snapdisk, disk, blockdev) < 0)
+        if (qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalActive(vm, snapdisk, disk, blockdev) < 0)
             return -1;
     }
 
@@ -14857,7 +14862,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepare(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                 return -1;
             }
 
-            if (qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternal(dom_disk, disk,
+            if (qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternal(vm, dom_disk, disk,
                                                       active, reuse, blockdev) < 0)
                 return -1;
 
@@ -17444,6 +17449,9 @@ qemuDomainBlockPullCommon(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     if (qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsActive(disk))
         goto endjob;
 
+    if (!qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(vm, disk))
+        goto endjob;
+
     if (base &&
         (virStorageFileParseChainIndex(disk->dst, base, &baseIndex) < 0 ||
          !(baseSource = virStorageFileChainLookup(disk->src, disk->src,
@@ -18002,6 +18010,9 @@ qemuDomainBlockCopyCommon(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     if (qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsActive(disk))
         goto endjob;
 
+    if (!qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(vm, disk))
+        goto endjob;
+
     if (disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_LUN &&
         qemuDomainDefValidateDiskLunSource(mirror) < 0)
         goto endjob;
@@ -18483,6 +18494,9 @@ qemuDomainBlockCommit(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (virDomainObjCheckActive(vm) < 0)
         goto endjob;
 
+    if (!qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsSupported(vm, disk))
+        goto endjob;
+
     blockdev = virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV);
 
     /* Convert bandwidth MiB to bytes, if necessary */