diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index eefec98022732c3cd344062acab175186b373d67..476e710257aa8853e603a757cb5cdbcda0eb73c4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -11159,16 +11159,10 @@ qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareDrive(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
 }
 
 
-/**
- * qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdev:
- * @top: storage source chain
- * @qemuCaps: qemu capabilities object
- *
- * Prepares qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr for attaching @top via -blockdev.
- */
-qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr
-qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdev(virStorageSourcePtr top,
-                                                 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
+static qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr
+qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdevInternal(virStorageSourcePtr top,
+                                                         virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                                                         bool onlyTop)
 {
     VIR_AUTOPTR(qemuBlockStorageSourceAttachData) elem = NULL;
     VIR_AUTOPTR(qemuBlockStorageSourceChainData) data = NULL;
@@ -11186,7 +11180,44 @@ qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdev(virStorageSourcePtr top,
 
         if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(data->srcdata, data->nsrcdata, elem) < 0)
             return NULL;
+
+        if (onlyTop)
+            break;
     }
 
     VIR_RETURN_PTR(data);
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdev:
+ * @top: storage source chain
+ * @qemuCaps: qemu capabilities object
+ *
+ * Prepares qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr for attaching the chain of images
+ * starting at @top via -blockdev.
+ */
+qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr
+qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdev(virStorageSourcePtr top,
+                                                 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
+{
+    return qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdevInternal(top, qemuCaps,
+                                                                    false);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdevTop:
+ * @top: storage source chain
+ * @qemuCaps: qemu capabilities object
+ *
+ * Prepares qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr for attaching of @top image only
+ * via -blockdev.
+ */
+qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr
+qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdevTop(virStorageSourcePtr top,
+                                                    virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
+{
+    return qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdevInternal(top, qemuCaps,
+                                                                    true);
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index 8695832c16b6196f67dd2518e2feee12211e5e5e..7e2dc5a60ae1374c102ec374373ec06f4ebb4ccc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr
 qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdev(virStorageSourcePtr top,
                                                  virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
 
+qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataPtr
+qemuBuildStorageSourceChainAttachPrepareBlockdevTop(virStorageSourcePtr top,
+                                                    virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
 
 char
 *qemuBuildDiskDeviceStr(const virDomainDef *def,