diff --git a/dma-helpers.c b/dma-helpers.c
index 53cbe925d155d9023ca5f876e13867836e1475d5..499b52bc5a35293d89a81004334c1dfa29b09e2c 100644
--- a/dma-helpers.c
+++ b/dma-helpers.c
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ static void dma_bdrv_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (dbs->iov.size & ~BDRV_SECTOR_MASK) {
+        qemu_iovec_discard_back(&dbs->iov, dbs->iov.size & ~BDRV_SECTOR_MASK);
+    }
+
     dbs->acb = dbs->io_func(dbs->bs, dbs->sector_num, &dbs->iov,
                             dbs->iov.size / 512, dma_bdrv_cb, dbs);
     assert(dbs->acb);
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index ae761975324925d6687ac4098a11be1abf3f81cd..6ef82822349ccf7a0e20baed4589c14780927ed4 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ size_t qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
                          int fillc, size_t bytes);
 ssize_t qemu_iovec_compare(QEMUIOVector *a, QEMUIOVector *b);
 void qemu_iovec_clone(QEMUIOVector *dest, const QEMUIOVector *src, void *buf);
+void qemu_iovec_discard_back(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t bytes);
 
 bool buffer_is_zero(const void *buf, size_t len);
 
diff --git a/util/iov.c b/util/iov.c
index 2b4f46da75ab33f10a2ae90f58c713f7e2debf2c..24566c878965fefc009c4dd7ffac7d2951eb1fa1 100644
--- a/util/iov.c
+++ b/util/iov.c
@@ -550,3 +550,16 @@ size_t iov_discard_back(struct iovec *iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
 
     return total;
 }
+
+void qemu_iovec_discard_back(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t bytes)
+{
+    size_t total;
+    unsigned int niov = qiov->niov;
+
+    assert(qiov->size >= bytes);
+    total = iov_discard_back(qiov->iov, &niov, bytes);
+    assert(total == bytes);
+
+    qiov->niov = niov;
+    qiov->size -= bytes;
+}