diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 1d441651c94a5c23f324daa120163b927bff0a31..913bb432895ea0f5b104835e2f5e31691237d7d3 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4082,6 +4082,10 @@ static int bdrv_inactivate_recurse(BlockDriverState *bs,
         }
     }
 
+    /* At this point persistent bitmaps should be already stored by the format
+     * driver */
+    bdrv_release_persistent_dirty_bitmaps(bs);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/dirty-bitmap.c b/block/dirty-bitmap.c
index b2ca78b4d06f31255c856fddc2a0a3b4fbb6f2d9..543bddb9b5d0ec014a23eb6b3aa3b89bdb4e1379 100644
--- a/block/dirty-bitmap.c
+++ b/block/dirty-bitmap.c
@@ -356,15 +356,20 @@ void bdrv_dirty_bitmap_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs)
     bdrv_dirty_bitmaps_unlock(bs);
 }
 
+static bool bdrv_dirty_bitmap_has_name(BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap)
+{
+    return !!bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap);
+}
+
 /* Called with BQL taken.  */
-static void bdrv_do_release_matching_dirty_bitmap(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                                  BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap,
-                                                  bool only_named)
+static void bdrv_do_release_matching_dirty_bitmap(
+    BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap,
+    bool (*cond)(BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap))
 {
     BdrvDirtyBitmap *bm, *next;
     bdrv_dirty_bitmaps_lock(bs);
     QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(bm, &bs->dirty_bitmaps, list, next) {
-        if ((!bitmap || bm == bitmap) && (!only_named || bm->name)) {
+        if ((!bitmap || bm == bitmap) && (!cond || cond(bm))) {
             assert(!bm->active_iterators);
             assert(!bdrv_dirty_bitmap_frozen(bm));
             assert(!bm->meta);
@@ -389,7 +394,7 @@ out:
 /* Called with BQL taken.  */
 void bdrv_release_dirty_bitmap(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap)
 {
-    bdrv_do_release_matching_dirty_bitmap(bs, bitmap, false);
+    bdrv_do_release_matching_dirty_bitmap(bs, bitmap, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -400,7 +405,19 @@ void bdrv_release_dirty_bitmap(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap)
  */
 void bdrv_release_named_dirty_bitmaps(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
-    bdrv_do_release_matching_dirty_bitmap(bs, NULL, true);
+    bdrv_do_release_matching_dirty_bitmap(bs, NULL, bdrv_dirty_bitmap_has_name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Release all persistent dirty bitmaps attached to a BDS (for use in
+ * bdrv_inactivate_recurse()).
+ * There must not be any frozen bitmaps attached.
+ * This function does not remove persistent bitmaps from the storage.
+ */
+void bdrv_release_persistent_dirty_bitmaps(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    bdrv_do_release_matching_dirty_bitmap(bs, NULL,
+                                          bdrv_dirty_bitmap_get_persistance);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/block/dirty-bitmap.h b/include/block/dirty-bitmap.h
index 93d97f0295357c2e9609f207750dffe0d5b9d2e0..a79a58d2c3f262a8d7bacdee99a63a3316a49742 100644
--- a/include/block/dirty-bitmap.h
+++ b/include/block/dirty-bitmap.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ BdrvDirtyBitmap *bdrv_find_dirty_bitmap(BlockDriverState *bs,
 void bdrv_dirty_bitmap_make_anon(BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap);
 void bdrv_release_dirty_bitmap(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap);
 void bdrv_release_named_dirty_bitmaps(BlockDriverState *bs);
+void bdrv_release_persistent_dirty_bitmaps(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_remove_persistent_dirty_bitmap(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                          const char *name,
                                          Error **errp);