diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index f69cb6b916f7c699368b0af3662c18ab256754f3..3acdb307f4c3771513ba19ed048f6eceab97133c 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -213,5 +213,12 @@ _filter_img_info()
         -e "s/archipelago:a/TEST_DIR\//g"
 }
 
+# filter out offsets and file names from qemu-img map
+_filter_qemu_img_map()
+{
+    sed -e 's/\([0-9a-fx]* *[0-9a-fx]* *\)[0-9a-fx]* */\1/g' \
+        -e 's/Mapped to *//' | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
+}
+
 # make sure this script returns success
 /bin/true