diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 16f8f9ec00..69fea8211f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -18722,6 +18722,7 @@ qemuDomainGetDiskErrors(virDomainPtr dom,
     virDomainObjPtr vm = NULL;
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv;
     virHashTablePtr table = NULL;
+    bool blockdev = false;
     int ret = -1;
     size_t i;
     int n = 0;
@@ -18732,6 +18733,7 @@ qemuDomainGetDiskErrors(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto cleanup;
 
     priv = vm->privateData;
+    blockdev = virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV);
 
     if (virDomainGetDiskErrorsEnsureACL(dom->conn, vm->def) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
@@ -18757,8 +18759,13 @@ qemuDomainGetDiskErrors(virDomainPtr dom,
     for (i = n = 0; i < vm->def->ndisks; i++) {
         struct qemuDomainDiskInfo *info;
         virDomainDiskDefPtr disk = vm->def->disks[i];
+        qemuDomainDiskPrivatePtr diskPriv = QEMU_DOMAIN_DISK_PRIVATE(disk);
+        const char *entryname = disk->info.alias;
 
-        if ((info = virHashLookup(table, disk->info.alias)) &&
+        if (blockdev)
+            entryname = diskPriv->qomName;
+
+        if ((info = virHashLookup(table, entryname)) &&
             info->io_status != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_ERROR_NONE) {
             if (n == nerrors)
                 break;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index b2dddb6475..b899eed143 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -7591,6 +7591,7 @@ qemuProcessRefreshDisks(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                         qemuDomainAsyncJob asyncJob)
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+    bool blockdev = virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV);
     virHashTablePtr table = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
     size_t i;
@@ -7608,8 +7609,12 @@ qemuProcessRefreshDisks(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         virDomainDiskDefPtr disk = vm->def->disks[i];
         qemuDomainDiskPrivatePtr diskpriv = QEMU_DOMAIN_DISK_PRIVATE(disk);
         struct qemuDomainDiskInfo *info;
+        const char *entryname = disk->info.alias;
 
-        if (!(info = virHashLookup(table, disk->info.alias)))
+        if (blockdev)
+            entryname = diskpriv->qomName;
+
+        if (!(info = virHashLookup(table, entryname)))
             continue;
 
         if (info->removable) {