diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index b5e3f54534c43e635c9414558f9bad3da5da2f1e..819166d423e28d091543927da34a9547c19e4301 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ void hmp_block_stream(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     const char *base = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "base");
     int64_t speed = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "speed", 0);
 
-    qmp_block_stream(false, NULL, device, base != NULL, base, false, NULL,
+    qmp_block_stream(true, device, device, base != NULL, base, false, NULL,
                      false, NULL, qdict_haskey(qdict, "speed"), speed,
                      true, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, &error);