diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 31565bb74b13429d7d4a30bd3ec0aec3a23fbd7e..b9935e4a7adb1bafa591c47ca0bfe7ac495f530b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -15606,6 +15606,8 @@ qemuDomainBlockJobImpl(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 
         if (disk->mirror && (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_ABORT_PIVOT)) {
             ret = qemuDomainBlockPivot(conn, driver, vm, device, disk);
+            if (ret < 0 && async)
+                goto endjob;
             goto waitjob;
         }
         if (disk->mirror) {