diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 6830f2d940b1aaf33e6fabf5e860e7abcb6a788c..ddfae15d9b40d037efc02e2367c822a5235171e4 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2554,7 +2554,6 @@ int bdrv_open_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *parent_options,
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto free_exit;
     }
-    bdrv_set_aio_context(backing_hd, bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
 
     if (implicit_backing) {
         bdrv_refresh_filename(backing_hd);
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 4d519506d631ecdf811fa2f4ef7bb0c307e0a4c0..c815def89af6da94ac630697531b0f44bf978b82 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
         commit_top_bs->implicit = true;
     }
     commit_top_bs->total_sectors = top->total_sectors;
-    bdrv_set_aio_context(commit_top_bs, bdrv_get_aio_context(top));
 
     bdrv_append(commit_top_bs, top, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
@@ -443,7 +442,6 @@ int bdrv_commit(BlockDriverState *bs)
         error_report_err(local_err);
         goto ro_cleanup;
     }
-    bdrv_set_aio_context(commit_top_bs, bdrv_get_aio_context(backing_file_bs));
 
     bdrv_set_backing_hd(commit_top_bs, backing_file_bs, &error_abort);
     bdrv_set_backing_hd(bs, commit_top_bs, &error_abort);
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index eb96b52de9460712a5fbe0f367fbd0d5aa778555..f8bdb5b21bd41add6e2cbc4cf214572bba3bf05a 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1543,7 +1543,6 @@ static void mirror_start_job(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                                           BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK;
     bs_opaque = g_new0(MirrorBDSOpaque, 1);
     mirror_top_bs->opaque = bs_opaque;
-    bdrv_set_aio_context(mirror_top_bs, bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
 
     /* bdrv_append takes ownership of the mirror_top_bs reference, need to keep
      * it alive until block_job_create() succeeds even if bs has no parent. */