diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 56a82df050..af0f856b78 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1975,6 +1975,9 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateAlloc(void *opaque)
     if (!(priv->devs = virChrdevAlloc()))
         goto error;
 
+    if (!(priv->blockjobs = virHashCreate(5, virObjectFreeHashData)))
+        goto error;
+
     priv->migMaxBandwidth = QEMU_DOMAIN_MIG_BANDWIDTH_MAX;
     priv->driver = opaque;
 
@@ -2044,6 +2047,8 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateDataClear(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv)
 
     qemuDomainObjResetJob(priv);
     qemuDomainObjResetAsyncJob(priv);
+
+    virHashRemoveAll(priv->blockjobs);
 }
 
 
@@ -2075,6 +2080,8 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateFree(void *data)
     qemuDomainSecretInfoFree(&priv->migSecinfo);
     qemuDomainMasterKeyFree(priv);
 
+    virHashFree(priv->blockjobs);
+
     VIR_FREE(priv);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 5a4188ab65..6bf8af661d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ struct _qemuDomainObjPrivate {
 
     /* true if global -mem-prealloc appears on cmd line */
     bool memPrealloc;
+
+    /* running block jobs */
+    virHashTablePtr blockjobs;
 };
 
 #define QEMU_DOMAIN_PRIVATE(vm) \