diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index d0692b18e928d151643d7909172ca178d267c4ff..89f69b7c55af79c39192274a5c9e8abc35d1960b 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -497,6 +497,16 @@ BlockAIOCB *blk_aio_ioctl(BlockBackend *blk, unsigned long int req, void *buf,
     return bdrv_aio_ioctl(blk->bs, req, buf, cb, opaque);
 }
 
+int blk_co_discard(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors)
+{
+    return bdrv_co_discard(blk->bs, sector_num, nb_sectors);
+}
+
+int blk_co_flush(BlockBackend *blk)
+{
+    return bdrv_co_flush(blk->bs);
+}
+
 int blk_flush(BlockBackend *blk)
 {
     return bdrv_flush(blk->bs);
@@ -549,6 +559,11 @@ void blk_set_enable_write_cache(BlockBackend *blk, bool wce)
     bdrv_set_enable_write_cache(blk->bs, wce);
 }
 
+void blk_invalidate_cache(BlockBackend *blk, Error **errp)
+{
+    bdrv_invalidate_cache(blk->bs, errp);
+}
+
 int blk_is_inserted(BlockBackend *blk)
 {
     return bdrv_is_inserted(blk->bs);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
index 52d13c1c0e6490049d38e6da025ca00faa3cfc05..0c46b826ca28fb00f1a65b01bd3bf3b38512729c 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ int blk_aio_multiwrite(BlockBackend *blk, BlockRequest *reqs, int num_reqs);
 int blk_ioctl(BlockBackend *blk, unsigned long int req, void *buf);
 BlockAIOCB *blk_aio_ioctl(BlockBackend *blk, unsigned long int req, void *buf,
                           BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
+int blk_co_discard(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors);
+int blk_co_flush(BlockBackend *blk);
 int blk_flush(BlockBackend *blk);
 int blk_flush_all(void);
 void blk_drain_all(void);
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ int blk_is_read_only(BlockBackend *blk);
 int blk_is_sg(BlockBackend *blk);
 int blk_enable_write_cache(BlockBackend *blk);
 void blk_set_enable_write_cache(BlockBackend *blk, bool wce);
+void blk_invalidate_cache(BlockBackend *blk, Error **errp);
 int blk_is_inserted(BlockBackend *blk);
 void blk_lock_medium(BlockBackend *blk, bool locked);
 void blk_eject(BlockBackend *blk, bool eject_flag);