diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
index 81aa46c2fbe095cd587eda0e758e438405a24ace..718e311213e84251b2d8e6a3275d8ae6d61b1d02 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskNewCommit(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                           virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
                           virStorageSourcePtr topparent,
                           virStorageSourcePtr top,
-                          virStorageSourcePtr base)
+                          virStorageSourcePtr base,
+                          bool delete_imgs)
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     g_autoptr(qemuBlockJobData) job = NULL;
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskNewCommit(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     job->data.commit.topparent = topparent;
     job->data.commit.top = top;
     job->data.commit.base = base;
+    job->data.commit.deleteCommittedImages = delete_imgs;
 
     if (qemuBlockJobRegister(job, vm, disk, true) < 0)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
index 52b03aaf9e8e0d680b91210451993ed6d6615d04..42b973fe9690a5490eb32e0a3d3bde2daeacf560 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct _qemuBlockJobCommitData {
     virStorageSourcePtr topparent;
     virStorageSourcePtr top;
     virStorageSourcePtr base;
+    bool deleteCommittedImages;
 };
 
 
@@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskNewCommit(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                           virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
                           virStorageSourcePtr topparent,
                           virStorageSourcePtr top,
-                          virStorageSourcePtr base);
+                          virStorageSourcePtr base,
+                          bool delete_imgs);
 
 qemuBlockJobDataPtr
 qemuBlockJobNewCreate(virDomainObjPtr vm,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 9197dffadde31a23a35d320eb75d2b2082779deb..9c07b6b393669cd9b772fc21810c349b11eeadf2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -18686,7 +18686,7 @@ qemuDomainBlockCommit(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto endjob;
 
     if (!(job = qemuBlockJobDiskNewCommit(vm, disk, top_parent, topSource,
-                                          baseSource)))
+                                          baseSource, false)))
         goto endjob;
 
     disk->mirrorState = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_MIRROR_STATE_NONE;