diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c
index 04c07dfaaf..c0445e0869 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_backup.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ qemuBackupBeginCollectIncrementalCheckpoints(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 }
 
 
-static void
+void
 qemuBackupJobTerminate(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                        qemuDomainJobStatus jobstatus)
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_backup.h b/src/qemu/qemu_backup.h
index 1b8a03612c..3321ba0b6f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_backup.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_backup.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ qemuBackupNotifyBlockjobEnd(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                             unsigned long long end,
                             int asyncJob);
 
+void
+qemuBackupJobTerminate(virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                       qemuDomainJobStatus jobstatus);
 
 int
 qemuBackupGetJobInfoStats(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 0a886378cd..1e128d1d83 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "qemu_security.h"
 #include "qemu_extdevice.h"
 #include "qemu_firmware.h"
+#include "qemu_backup.h"
 
 #include "cpu/cpu.h"
 #include "cpu/cpu_x86.h"
@@ -7504,6 +7505,10 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         virResctrlAllocRemove(vm->def->resctrls[i]->alloc);
     }
 
+    /* clean up a possible backup job */
+    if (priv->backup)
+        qemuBackupJobTerminate(vm, QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_CANCELED);
+
     qemuProcessRemoveDomainStatus(driver, vm);
 
     /* Remove VNC and Spice ports from port reservation bitmap, but only if