diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 1240cc5b976de97b8d99ca91aa0383a6ccec079a..7f86c06fe78ee9ffe144bef03472393cb82fb7d3 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -737,11 +737,11 @@ int bdrv_pread(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, void *buf, int bytes)
     return bdrv_preadv(child, offset, &qiov);
 }
 
-int bdrv_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+int bdrv_pwritev(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
 {
     int ret;
 
-    ret = bdrv_prwv_co(bs, offset, qiov, true, 0);
+    ret = bdrv_prwv_co(child->bs, offset, qiov, true, 0);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -749,8 +749,7 @@ int bdrv_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
     return qiov->size;
 }
 
-int bdrv_pwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
-                const void *buf, int bytes)
+int bdrv_pwrite(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, const void *buf, int bytes)
 {
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     struct iovec iov = {
@@ -763,7 +762,7 @@ int bdrv_pwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
     }
 
     qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
-    return bdrv_pwritev(bs, offset, &qiov);
+    return bdrv_pwritev(child, offset, &qiov);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -772,17 +771,17 @@ int bdrv_pwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, -errno in error cases.
  */
-int bdrv_pwrite_sync(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
-    const void *buf, int count)
+int bdrv_pwrite_sync(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
+                     const void *buf, int count)
 {
     int ret;
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs, offset, buf, count);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(child, offset, buf, count);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_flush(bs);
+    ret = bdrv_flush(child->bs);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
diff --git a/block/parallels.c b/block/parallels.c
index 85c7cdcd1e7b99ffb0faa6cbcd3d81b7c5c35282..4542eb8a0f35c371eeea6cec97de0d4559bcfb42 100644
--- a/block/parallels.c
+++ b/block/parallels.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int parallels_co_flush_to_os(BlockDriverState *bs)
         if (off + to_write > s->header_size) {
             to_write = s->header_size - off;
         }
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, off, (uint8_t *)s->header + off,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, off, (uint8_t *)s->header + off,
                           to_write);
         if (ret < 0) {
             qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static int parallels_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *res,
     }
 
     if (flush_bat) {
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, 0, s->header, s->header_size);
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, 0, s->header, s->header_size);
         if (ret < 0) {
             res->check_errors++;
             return ret;
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int parallels_update_header(BlockDriverState *bs)
     if (size > s->header_size) {
         size = s->header_size;
     }
-    return bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, 0, s->header, size);
+    return bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, 0, s->header, size);
 }
 
 static int parallels_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 55ffccbefd848362d80cd972638323fdfa22374f..ac849bd47c46c12622a1138d80c888e7e0c45b12 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static uint64_t get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
         /* update the L1 entry */
         s->l1_table[l1_index] = l2_offset;
         tmp = cpu_to_be64(l2_offset);
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs,
+        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
                 s->l1_table_offset + l1_index * sizeof(tmp),
                 &tmp, sizeof(tmp)) < 0)
             return 0;
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static uint64_t get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
     l2_table = s->l2_cache + (min_index << s->l2_bits);
     if (new_l2_table) {
         memset(l2_table, 0, s->l2_size * sizeof(uint64_t));
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, l2_offset, l2_table,
+        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, l2_offset, l2_table,
                 s->l2_size * sizeof(uint64_t)) < 0)
             return 0;
     } else {
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static uint64_t get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
             cluster_offset = (cluster_offset + s->cluster_size - 1) &
                 ~(s->cluster_size - 1);
             /* write the cluster content */
-            if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, cluster_offset, s->cluster_cache,
+            if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, cluster_offset, s->cluster_cache,
                             s->cluster_size) !=
                 s->cluster_size)
                 return -1;
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static uint64_t get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                 errno = EIO;
                                 return -1;
                             }
-                            if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs,
+                            if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file,
                                             cluster_offset + i * 512,
                                             s->cluster_data, 512) != 512)
                                 return -1;
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static uint64_t get_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
         /* update L2 table */
         tmp = cpu_to_be64(cluster_offset);
         l2_table[l2_index] = tmp;
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, l2_offset + l2_index * sizeof(tmp),
+        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, l2_offset + l2_index * sizeof(tmp),
                 &tmp, sizeof(tmp)) < 0)
             return 0;
     }
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static int qcow_make_empty(BlockDriverState *bs)
     int ret;
 
     memset(s->l1_table, 0, l1_length);
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, s->l1_table_offset, s->l1_table,
+    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->l1_table_offset, s->l1_table,
             l1_length) < 0)
         return -1;
     ret = bdrv_truncate(bs->file->bs, s->l1_table_offset + l1_length);
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ static int qcow_write_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
         }
 
         cluster_offset &= s->cluster_offset_mask;
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, cluster_offset, out_buf, out_len);
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, cluster_offset, out_buf, out_len);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
diff --git a/block/qcow2-cache.c b/block/qcow2-cache.c
index 5eba75f42e3ad5c6ad77bbf04a1bf65b0bf5ef8c..6eaefeddc4015e974c0d7c3e806a0717b5741721 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cache.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cache.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int qcow2_cache_entry_flush(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, int i)
         BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L2_UPDATE);
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, c->entries[i].offset,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, c->entries[i].offset,
                       qcow2_cache_get_table_addr(bs, c, i), s->cluster_size);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
index a2490d74ddd82a7904d5cfb4fb9db79e1198f0cd..0cd7fdf3de34d87f5ebc40b876faea9558c208af 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int qcow2_grow_l1_table(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t min_size,
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_GROW_WRITE_TABLE);
     for(i = 0; i < s->l1_size; i++)
         new_l1_table[i] = cpu_to_be64(new_l1_table[i]);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, new_l1_table_offset,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, new_l1_table_offset,
                            new_l1_table, new_l1_size2);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto fail;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int qcow2_grow_l1_table(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t min_size,
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_GROW_ACTIVATE_TABLE);
     cpu_to_be32w((uint32_t*)data, new_l1_size);
     stq_be_p(data + 4, new_l1_table_offset);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, offsetof(QCowHeader, l1_size),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, l1_size),
                            data, sizeof(data));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int qcow2_write_l1_entry(BlockDriverState *bs, int l1_index)
     }
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_UPDATE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
                            s->l1_table_offset + 8 * l1_start_index,
                            buf, sizeof(buf));
     if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/block/qcow2-refcount.c b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
index e5419746af0fe2bd58107c62dba2d87f18b9a7d5..13bbc9c194d85c3325c2e377e4ad6799cc86bf2f 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-refcount.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (refcount_table_index < s->refcount_table_size) {
         uint64_t data64 = cpu_to_be64(new_block);
         BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_HOOKUP);
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
             s->refcount_table_offset + refcount_table_index * sizeof(uint64_t),
             &data64, sizeof(data64));
         if (ret < 0) {
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     /* Write refcount blocks to disk */
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_WRITE_BLOCKS);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, meta_offset, new_blocks,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, meta_offset, new_blocks,
         blocks_clusters * s->cluster_size);
     g_free(new_blocks);
     new_blocks = NULL;
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static int alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_WRITE_TABLE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, table_offset, new_table,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, table_offset, new_table,
         table_size * sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail_table;
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs,
     cpu_to_be64w(&data.d64, table_offset);
     cpu_to_be32w(&data.d32, table_clusters);
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_SWITCH_TABLE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
                            offsetof(QCowHeader, refcount_table_offset),
                            &data, sizeof(data));
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ fail:
             cpu_to_be64s(&l1_table[i]);
         }
 
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, l1_table_offset,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, l1_table_offset,
                                l1_table, l1_size2);
 
         for (i = 0; i < l1_size; i++) {
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ static int check_oflag_copied(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *res,
                 goto fail;
             }
 
-            ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, l2_offset, l2_table,
+            ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, l2_offset, l2_table,
                               s->cluster_size);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not write L2 table: %s\n",
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ write_refblocks:
     }
 
     assert(reftable_size < INT_MAX / sizeof(uint64_t));
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, reftable_offset, on_disk_reftable,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, reftable_offset, on_disk_reftable,
                       reftable_size * sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "ERROR writing reftable: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
@@ -2159,8 +2159,8 @@ write_refblocks:
                  reftable_offset);
     cpu_to_be32w(&reftable_offset_and_clusters.reftable_clusters,
                  size_to_clusters(s, reftable_size * sizeof(uint64_t)));
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, offsetof(QCowHeader,
-                                                  refcount_table_offset),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
+                           offsetof(QCowHeader, refcount_table_offset),
                            &reftable_offset_and_clusters,
                            sizeof(reftable_offset_and_clusters));
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ static int flush_refblock(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t **reftable,
             return ret;
         }
 
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, offset, refblock, s->cluster_size);
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, refblock, s->cluster_size);
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to write refblock");
             return ret;
@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ int qcow2_change_refcount_order(BlockDriverState *bs, int refcount_order,
         cpu_to_be64s(&new_reftable[i]);
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, new_reftable_offset, new_reftable,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, new_reftable_offset, new_reftable,
                       new_reftable_size * sizeof(uint64_t));
 
     for (i = 0; i < new_reftable_size; i++) {
diff --git a/block/qcow2-snapshot.c b/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
index 2693ebf8120762471e47a4271a94905c7458faba..032424322a592b32cdb6f2d4e73eb894d1da1784 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
@@ -217,25 +217,25 @@ static int qcow2_write_snapshots(BlockDriverState *bs)
         h.name_size = cpu_to_be16(name_size);
         offset = align_offset(offset, 8);
 
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, offset, &h, sizeof(h));
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, &h, sizeof(h));
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
         offset += sizeof(h);
 
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, offset, &extra, sizeof(extra));
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, &extra, sizeof(extra));
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
         offset += sizeof(extra);
 
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, offset, sn->id_str, id_str_size);
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, sn->id_str, id_str_size);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
         offset += id_str_size;
 
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, offset, sn->name, name_size);
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, sn->name, name_size);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static int qcow2_write_snapshots(BlockDriverState *bs)
     header_data.nb_snapshots        = cpu_to_be32(s->nb_snapshots);
     header_data.snapshots_offset    = cpu_to_be64(snapshots_offset);
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, offsetof(QCowHeader, nb_snapshots),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, nb_snapshots),
                            &header_data, sizeof(header_data));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ int qcow2_snapshot_create(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUSnapshotInfo *sn_info)
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, sn->l1_table_offset, l1_table,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, sn->l1_table_offset, l1_table,
                       s->l1_size * sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ int qcow2_snapshot_goto(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *snapshot_id)
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, s->l1_table_offset, sn_l1_table,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->l1_table_offset, sn_l1_table,
                            cur_l1_bytes);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index b7313d22b5634f8d44723d4c3fd6fc89f7a6d9ed..090dc6d92e79feffd53c118dcb8ca55f4e17ea02 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int qcow2_mark_dirty(BlockDriverState *bs)
     }
 
     val = cpu_to_be64(s->incompatible_features | QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DIRTY);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, offsetof(QCowHeader, incompatible_features),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, incompatible_features),
                       &val, sizeof(val));
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ int qcow2_update_header(BlockDriverState *bs)
     }
 
     /* Write the new header */
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, 0, header, s->cluster_size);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, 0, header, s->cluster_size);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ static int preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs)
      */
     if (host_offset != 0) {
         uint8_t data = 0;
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, (host_offset + cur_bytes) - 1,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, (host_offset + cur_bytes) - 1,
                           &data, 1);
         if (ret < 0) {
             return ret;
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ static int qcow2_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset)
 
     /* write updated header.size */
     offset = cpu_to_be64(offset);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, offsetof(QCowHeader, size),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, size),
                            &offset, sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ static int qcow2_write_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
         }
 
         BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_WRITE_COMPRESSED);
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, cluster_offset, out_buf, out_len);
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, cluster_offset, out_buf, out_len);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -2742,7 +2742,7 @@ static int make_completely_empty(BlockDriverState *bs)
     cpu_to_be64w(&l1_ofs_rt_ofs_cls.l1_offset, 3 * s->cluster_size);
     cpu_to_be64w(&l1_ofs_rt_ofs_cls.reftable_offset, s->cluster_size);
     cpu_to_be32w(&l1_ofs_rt_ofs_cls.reftable_clusters, 1);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, offsetof(QCowHeader, l1_table_offset),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, l1_table_offset),
                            &l1_ofs_rt_ofs_cls, sizeof(l1_ofs_rt_ofs_cls));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail_broken_refcounts;
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@ static int make_completely_empty(BlockDriverState *bs)
 
     /* Enter the first refblock into the reftable */
     rt_entry = cpu_to_be64(2 * s->cluster_size);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, s->cluster_size,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->cluster_size,
                            &rt_entry, sizeof(rt_entry));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail_broken_refcounts;
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index d6d5e33459188ece0fcdaa41e2aa115a6f9601e7..f619d82c6e80a0aadab421f1f10400bd19077256 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int qed_write_header_sync(BDRVQEDState *s)
     int ret;
 
     qed_header_cpu_to_le(&s->header, &le);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(s->bs->file->bs, 0, &le, sizeof(le));
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(s->bs->file, 0, &le, sizeof(le));
     if (ret != sizeof(le)) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ static int bdrv_qed_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
 
     /* Write new header */
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, 0, buffer, buffer_len);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, 0, buffer, buffer_len);
     g_free(buffer);
     if (ret == 0) {
         memcpy(&s->header, &new_header, sizeof(new_header));
diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
index b2871caf924e9afc0a7e2444421d2bbd662b32c7..a1a12d9c70c7398895e4f3dd8d0a0757a77fea4c 100644
--- a/block/vdi.c
+++ b/block/vdi.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ vdi_co_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset, uint64_t bytes,
              * acquire the lock and thus the padded cluster is written before
              * the other coroutines can write to the affected area. */
             qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->write_lock);
-            ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, data_offset, block, s->block_size);
+            ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, data_offset, block, s->block_size);
             qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->write_lock);
         } else {
             uint64_t data_offset = s->header.offset_data +
diff --git a/block/vhdx-log.c b/block/vhdx-log.c
index 1e3928f8bba9c1f06b18b95c911debbd85979910..02eb1043107bc1e28b6be7d808adbc476b2f23f8 100644
--- a/block/vhdx-log.c
+++ b/block/vhdx-log.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int vhdx_log_write_sectors(BlockDriverState *bs, VHDXLogEntries *log,
             /* full */
             break;
         }
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file->bs, offset, buffer_tmp,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, buffer_tmp,
                           VHDX_LOG_SECTOR_SIZE);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto exit;
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int vhdx_log_flush_desc(BlockDriverState *bs, VHDXLogDescriptor *desc,
 
     /* count is only > 1 if we are writing zeroes */
     for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, file_offset, buffer,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, file_offset, buffer,
                                VHDX_LOG_SECTOR_SIZE);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto exit;
diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index c5ec6087a21d0a13e87001c5b19ebf3fdb078f62..75ef2b1c2d7a50afded940a16745144afd680335 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int vhdx_write_header(BdrvChild *file, VHDXHeader *hdr,
     vhdx_header_le_export(hdr, header_le);
     vhdx_update_checksum(buffer, VHDX_HEADER_SIZE,
                          offsetof(VHDXHeader, checksum));
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs_file, offset, header_le, sizeof(VHDXHeader));
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(file, offset, header_le, sizeof(VHDXHeader));
 
 exit:
     qemu_vfree(buffer);
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index a2c85a206dcdd18c60af6fbc2a548974128fd396..ae70b63d5ade75696676b42dd0b5f2325fc21c91 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int vmdk_write_cid(BlockDriverState *bs, uint32_t cid)
         pstrcat(desc, DESC_SIZE, tmp_desc);
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, s->desc_offset, desc, DESC_SIZE);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->desc_offset, desc, DESC_SIZE);
 
 out:
     g_free(desc);
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static int get_whole_cluster(BlockDriverState *bs,
                 goto exit;
             }
         }
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(extent->file->bs, cluster_offset, whole_grain,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(extent->file, cluster_offset, whole_grain,
                           skip_start_bytes);
         if (ret < 0) {
             ret = VMDK_ERROR;
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int get_whole_cluster(BlockDriverState *bs,
                 goto exit;
             }
         }
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(extent->file->bs, cluster_offset + skip_end_bytes,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(extent->file, cluster_offset + skip_end_bytes,
                           whole_grain + skip_end_bytes,
                           cluster_bytes - skip_end_bytes);
         if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1090,8 +1090,7 @@ static int vmdk_L2update(VmdkExtent *extent, VmdkMetaData *m_data,
 {
     offset = cpu_to_le32(offset);
     /* update L2 table */
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(
-                extent->file->bs,
+    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(extent->file,
                 ((int64_t)m_data->l2_offset * 512)
                     + (m_data->l2_index * sizeof(offset)),
                 &offset, sizeof(offset)) < 0) {
@@ -1100,8 +1099,7 @@ static int vmdk_L2update(VmdkExtent *extent, VmdkMetaData *m_data,
     /* update backup L2 table */
     if (extent->l1_backup_table_offset != 0) {
         m_data->l2_offset = extent->l1_backup_table[m_data->l1_index];
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(
-                    extent->file->bs,
+        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(extent->file,
                     ((int64_t)m_data->l2_offset * 512)
                         + (m_data->l2_index * sizeof(offset)),
                     &offset, sizeof(offset)) < 0) {
diff --git a/block/vpc.c b/block/vpc.c
index 9528637fcaf60f58ed9ea2853636e4794463f5bb..dcb531227b0ee718e82457a2bbee2df420b2396b 100644
--- a/block/vpc.c
+++ b/block/vpc.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static inline int64_t get_image_offset(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
 
         s->last_bitmap_offset = bitmap_offset;
         memset(bitmap, 0xff, s->bitmap_size);
-        bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, bitmap_offset, bitmap, s->bitmap_size);
+        bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, bitmap_offset, bitmap, s->bitmap_size);
     }
 
     return block_offset;
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static int rewrite_footer(BlockDriverState* bs)
     BDRVVPCState *s = bs->opaque;
     int64_t offset = s->free_data_block_offset;
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, offset, s->footer_buf, HEADER_SIZE);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offset, s->footer_buf, HEADER_SIZE);
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int64_t alloc_block(BlockDriverState* bs, int64_t offset)
 
     /* Initialize the block's bitmap */
     memset(bitmap, 0xff, s->bitmap_size);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, s->free_data_block_offset, bitmap,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->free_data_block_offset, bitmap,
         s->bitmap_size);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static int64_t alloc_block(BlockDriverState* bs, int64_t offset)
     /* Write BAT entry to disk */
     bat_offset = s->bat_offset + (4 * index);
     bat_value = cpu_to_be32(s->pagetable[index]);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file->bs, bat_offset, &bat_value, 4);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, bat_offset, &bat_value, 4);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto fail;
 
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 4b1d090378e2c357b9699db7a295aecdc0730106..59fd20b1017fb975a53d99d41b54b2f7d0f91b5d 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -235,11 +235,10 @@ int bdrv_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
 int bdrv_make_zero(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvRequestFlags flags);
 int bdrv_pread(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, void *buf, int bytes);
 int bdrv_preadv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
-int bdrv_pwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
-                const void *buf, int count);
-int bdrv_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
-int bdrv_pwrite_sync(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
-    const void *buf, int count);
+int bdrv_pwrite(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, const void *buf, int bytes);
+int bdrv_pwritev(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
+int bdrv_pwrite_sync(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
+                     const void *buf, int count);
 int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_readv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num,
                                int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
 int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_writev(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num,