diff --git a/block-migration.c b/block-migration.c
index 323e1e2bcd39a159aad67944268c8623ba6f3a20..8218bac09c6cd30286a4ce5b826ac378700036da 100644
--- a/block-migration.c
+++ b/block-migration.c
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ static void init_blk_migration_it(void *opaque, BlockDriverState *bs)
         bmds->shared_base = block_mig_state.shared_base;
         alloc_aio_bitmap(bmds);
         drive_get_ref(drive_get_by_blockdev(bs));
+        bdrv_set_in_use(bs, 1);
 
         block_mig_state.total_sector_sum += sectors;
 
@@ -539,6 +540,7 @@ static void blk_mig_cleanup(Monitor *mon)
 
     while ((bmds = QSIMPLEQ_FIRST(&block_mig_state.bmds_list)) != NULL) {
         QSIMPLEQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&block_mig_state.bmds_list, entry);
+        bdrv_set_in_use(bmds->bs, 0);
         drive_put_ref(drive_get_by_blockdev(bmds->bs));
         qemu_free(bmds->aio_bitmap);
         qemu_free(bmds);
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index ee9edfce2c816e3487b69c3777337caceea85cd0..b476479e0dc9c1cb1f659c4a5db1af9e3e1005e3 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,8 @@ int bdrv_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset)
         return -ENOTSUP;
     if (bs->read_only)
         return -EACCES;
+    if (bdrv_in_use(bs))
+        return -EBUSY;
     ret = drv->bdrv_truncate(bs, offset);
     if (ret == 0) {
         ret = refresh_total_sectors(bs, offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index f2a00bd214a0f8953570aab239cffb7a76982988..ecfadc138fc34808d7492ac1a47eef964677a641 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ int do_drive_del(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data)
         qerror_report(QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, id);
         return -1;
     }
+    if (bdrv_in_use(bs)) {
+        qerror_report(QERR_DEVICE_IN_USE, id);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     /* quiesce block driver; prevent further io */
     qemu_aio_flush();