diff --git a/aio-posix.c b/aio-posix.c
index 7fd565fbdea768b4ade9a042b37707aa3a89eee5..6006122e0b9a3841d901cb856bc45529364e5995 100644
--- a/aio-posix.c
+++ b/aio-posix.c
@@ -282,10 +282,12 @@ bool aio_pending(AioContext *ctx)
         int revents;
 
         revents = node->pfd.revents & node->pfd.events;
-        if (revents & (G_IO_IN | G_IO_HUP | G_IO_ERR) && node->io_read) {
+        if (revents & (G_IO_IN | G_IO_HUP | G_IO_ERR) && node->io_read &&
+            aio_node_check(ctx, node->is_external)) {
             return true;
         }
-        if (revents & (G_IO_OUT | G_IO_ERR) && node->io_write) {
+        if (revents & (G_IO_OUT | G_IO_ERR) && node->io_write &&
+            aio_node_check(ctx, node->is_external)) {
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -323,6 +325,7 @@ bool aio_dispatch(AioContext *ctx)
 
         if (!node->deleted &&
             (revents & (G_IO_IN | G_IO_HUP | G_IO_ERR)) &&
+            aio_node_check(ctx, node->is_external) &&
             node->io_read) {
             node->io_read(node->opaque);
 
@@ -333,6 +336,7 @@ bool aio_dispatch(AioContext *ctx)
         }
         if (!node->deleted &&
             (revents & (G_IO_OUT | G_IO_ERR)) &&
+            aio_node_check(ctx, node->is_external) &&
             node->io_write) {
             node->io_write(node->opaque);
             progress = true;
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index d56e30e4724aaefd040ad468183f63e3e4eb14c2..039f48125ea42a87d30cbec6b18588b5e967bf02 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ out:
     block_job_completed(&s->common, data->ret);
     g_free(data);
     bdrv_drained_end(src);
+    if (qemu_get_aio_context() == bdrv_get_aio_context(src)) {
+        aio_enable_external(iohandler_get_aio_context());
+    }
     bdrv_unref(src);
 }
 
@@ -716,6 +719,12 @@ immediate_exit:
     /* Before we switch to target in mirror_exit, make sure data doesn't
      * change. */
     bdrv_drained_begin(s->common.bs);
+    if (qemu_get_aio_context() == bdrv_get_aio_context(bs)) {
+        /* FIXME: virtio host notifiers run on iohandler_ctx, therefore the
+         * above bdrv_drained_end isn't enough to quiesce it. This is ugly, we
+         * need a block layer API change to achieve this. */
+        aio_disable_external(iohandler_get_aio_context());
+    }
     block_job_defer_to_main_loop(&s->common, mirror_exit, data);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
index 9ddd5ad75b0c5839e9722c302a613cb914c6a74b..3213f9f8afb9063e882117101233639a92f79b4c 100644
--- a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
+++ b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int init_event_notifier(EmulatedState *card)
         DPRINTF(card, 2, "event notifier creation failed\n");
         return -1;
     }
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&card->notifier, card_event_handler);
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&card->notifier, false, card_event_handler);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index f745c4abd04bba22753d6dcc5cb5036660a5849b..30ede3d1cc7bebc8e9eeea006b2af9395498a425 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1775,10 +1775,10 @@ void virtio_queue_set_guest_notifier_fd_handler(VirtQueue *vq, bool assign,
                                                 bool with_irqfd)
 {
     if (assign && !with_irqfd) {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier,
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier, false,
                                    virtio_queue_guest_notifier_read);
     } else {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier, NULL);
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier, false, NULL);
     }
     if (!assign) {
         /* Test and clear notifier before closing it,
@@ -1829,10 +1829,10 @@ void virtio_queue_set_host_notifier_fd_handler(VirtQueue *vq, bool assign,
                                                bool set_handler)
 {
     if (assign && set_handler) {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier,
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier, true,
                                    virtio_queue_host_notifier_read);
     } else {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier, NULL);
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier, true, NULL);
     }
     if (!assign) {
         /* Test and clear notifier before after disabling event,
diff --git a/include/qemu/event_notifier.h b/include/qemu/event_notifier.h
index a8f28540c9993e7a6d1046caefcd838976b419eb..e326990db405d752c68d77a5afd1bd65b544a2c7 100644
--- a/include/qemu/event_notifier.h
+++ b/include/qemu/event_notifier.h
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ int event_notifier_init(EventNotifier *, int active);
 void event_notifier_cleanup(EventNotifier *);
 int event_notifier_set(EventNotifier *);
 int event_notifier_test_and_clear(EventNotifier *);
-int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *, EventNotifierHandler *);
+int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *,
+                               bool is_external,
+                               EventNotifierHandler *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 void event_notifier_init_fd(EventNotifier *, int fd);
diff --git a/include/qemu/main-loop.h b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
index 99769093fc74876ba72af54a6b5b548fbf3efdfd..19b5de3dd5668fa2a48ed469c69a35233883c4d2 100644
--- a/include/qemu/main-loop.h
+++ b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
                          void *opaque);
 
 GSource *iohandler_get_g_source(void);
+AioContext *iohandler_get_aio_context(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 /**
  * qemu_add_child_watch: Register a child process for reaping.
diff --git a/iohandler.c b/iohandler.c
index 3f23433b5a901efc26afa85d2e877dbd169e4215..f2fc8a9bd6c02645cf3276bf23e0fbc0516a2f7e 100644
--- a/iohandler.c
+++ b/iohandler.c
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ static void iohandler_init(void)
     }
 }
 
+AioContext *iohandler_get_aio_context(void)
+{
+    iohandler_init();
+    return iohandler_ctx;
+}
+
 GSource *iohandler_get_g_source(void)
 {
     iohandler_init();
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index b6d1e650db934a685ebdacfe03ea19a9d0768c97..4b258a673145f3469690e1224833e487cb79b454 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ stub-obj-y += qmp_pc_dimm_device_list.o
 stub-obj-y += target-monitor-defs.o
 stub-obj-y += target-get-monitor-def.o
 stub-obj-y += vhost.o
+stub-obj-y += iohandler.o
diff --git a/stubs/iohandler.c b/stubs/iohandler.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..22b0ee5b0ac869482e28ba178d81f3a808680f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/iohandler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+
+AioContext *iohandler_get_aio_context(void)
+{
+    abort();
+}
diff --git a/stubs/set-fd-handler.c b/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
index 26965de4c36fb0875070a3a8f03827464f151141..06a5da48f1223059a7452c4b7ed874868213da38 100644
--- a/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
+++ b/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@ void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
 {
     abort();
 }
+
+void aio_set_fd_handler(AioContext *ctx,
+                        int fd,
+                        bool is_external,
+                        IOHandler *io_read,
+                        IOHandler *io_write,
+                        void *opaque)
+{
+    abort();
+}
diff --git a/target-i386/hyperv.c b/target-i386/hyperv.c
index c4d6a9b2b16199503520a33558558e9507cd0197..39a230f11970127e773f28b4b6a6f5c9acf3801e 100644
--- a/target-i386/hyperv.c
+++ b/target-i386/hyperv.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ HvSintRoute *kvm_hv_sint_route_create(uint32_t vcpu_id, uint32_t sint,
         goto err_sint_set_notifier;
     }
 
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier,
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, false,
                                kvm_hv_sint_ack_handler);
 
     gsi = kvm_irqchip_add_hv_sint_route(kvm_state, vcpu_id, sint);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ HvSintRoute *kvm_hv_sint_route_create(uint32_t vcpu_id, uint32_t sint,
 err_irqfd:
     kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, gsi);
 err_gsi:
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, NULL);
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, false, NULL);
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier);
 err_sint_set_notifier:
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_set_notifier);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void kvm_hv_sint_route_destroy(HvSintRoute *sint_route)
                                           &sint_route->sint_set_notifier,
                                           sint_route->gsi);
     kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, sint_route->gsi);
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, NULL);
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, false, NULL);
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier);
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_set_notifier);
     g_free(sint_route);
diff --git a/util/event_notifier-posix.c b/util/event_notifier-posix.c
index e150301c3313dcef49316c3654131a60def768e6..c1f0d79b3480a093243cfd4b75d8742cc1914bc1 100644
--- a/util/event_notifier-posix.c
+++ b/util/event_notifier-posix.c
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ int event_notifier_get_fd(const EventNotifier *e)
 }
 
 int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *e,
+                               bool is_external,
                                EventNotifierHandler *handler)
 {
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(e->rfd, (IOHandler *)handler, NULL, e);
+    aio_set_fd_handler(iohandler_get_aio_context(), e->rfd, is_external,
+                       (IOHandler *)handler, NULL, e);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/util/event_notifier-win32.c b/util/event_notifier-win32.c
index 14b4f7d2c04c0a9f2d5011ae86f93b502ac8204b..de87df02d67922f3adf1e8cce7da573b8d83d406 100644
--- a/util/event_notifier-win32.c
+++ b/util/event_notifier-win32.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ HANDLE event_notifier_get_handle(EventNotifier *e)
 }
 
 int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *e,
+                               bool is_external,
                                EventNotifierHandler *handler)
 {
     if (handler) {