diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index cfdb6ecdf56fec439b0697a690f6410b18d071ff..e14d99560da2d2abce16339611b201a28559b842 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ typedef struct BackupBlockJob {
     HBitmap *copy_bitmap;
 } BackupBlockJob;
 
+static const BlockJobDriver backup_job_driver;
+
 /* See if in-flight requests overlap and wait for them to complete */
 static void coroutine_fn wait_for_overlapping_requests(BackupBlockJob *job,
                                                        int64_t start,
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ void backup_do_checkpoint(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
     BackupBlockJob *backup_job = container_of(job, BackupBlockJob, common);
     int64_t len;
 
-    assert(job->driver->job_type == BLOCK_JOB_TYPE_BACKUP);
+    assert(block_job_driver(job) == &backup_job_driver);
 
     if (backup_job->sync_mode != MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE) {
         error_setg(errp, "The backup job only supports block checkpoint in"
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ void backup_wait_for_overlapping_requests(BlockJob *job, int64_t offset,
     BackupBlockJob *backup_job = container_of(job, BackupBlockJob, common);
     int64_t start, end;
 
-    assert(job->driver->job_type == BLOCK_JOB_TYPE_BACKUP);
+    assert(block_job_driver(job) == &backup_job_driver);
 
     start = QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(offset, backup_job->cluster_size);
     end = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(offset + bytes, backup_job->cluster_size);
@@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ void backup_cow_request_begin(CowRequest *req, BlockJob *job,
     BackupBlockJob *backup_job = container_of(job, BackupBlockJob, common);
     int64_t start, end;
 
-    assert(job->driver->job_type == BLOCK_JOB_TYPE_BACKUP);
+    assert(block_job_driver(job) == &backup_job_driver);
 
     start = QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(offset, backup_job->cluster_size);
     end = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(offset + bytes, backup_job->cluster_size);
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 04416f11cdc4634679c9b6acab7e68965d8a1b70..36c5fdeb2fca0fb2fa30dbe1af33f863697428c6 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -359,6 +359,11 @@ static bool block_job_started(BlockJob *job)
     return job->co;
 }
 
+const BlockJobDriver *block_job_driver(BlockJob *job)
+{
+    return job->driver;
+}
+
 /**
  * All jobs must allow a pause point before entering their job proper. This
  * ensures that jobs can be paused prior to being started, then resumed later.
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index 82f52f4b14e8fe8afee3a0bcde9545892510f17f..0f56f723de128c2a582a05bd8f9cdf6e9c89359f 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -452,4 +452,11 @@ void block_job_txn_add_job(BlockJobTxn *txn, BlockJob *job);
  */
 bool block_job_is_internal(BlockJob *job);
 
+/**
+ * block_job_driver:
+ *
+ * Returns the driver associated with a block job.
+ */
+const BlockJobDriver *block_job_driver(BlockJob *job);
+
 #endif