diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
index 89f20eb1d2..6627d044cd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
@@ -1947,6 +1947,9 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDataFree(qemuBlockStorageSourceChainData *data)
     for (i = 0; i < data->nsrcdata; i++)
         qemuBlockStorageSourceAttachDataFree(data->srcdata[i]);
 
+    virJSONValueFree(data->copyOnReadProps);
+    g_free(data->copyOnReadNodename);
+
     g_free(data->srcdata);
     g_free(data);
 }
@@ -2054,6 +2057,11 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceChainAttach(qemuMonitor *mon,
             return -1;
     }
 
+    if (data->copyOnReadProps) {
+        if (qemuMonitorBlockdevAdd(mon, &data->copyOnReadProps) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2072,6 +2080,10 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDetach(qemuMonitor *mon,
 {
     size_t i;
 
+    if (data->copyOnReadAttached)
+        ignore_value(qemuMonitorBlockdevDel(mon, data->copyOnReadNodename));
+
+
     for (i = 0; i < data->nsrcdata; i++)
         qemuBlockStorageSourceAttachRollback(mon, data->srcdata[i]);
 }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
index 28ccca97a8..ff7048eb6c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceDetachOneBlockdev(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 struct _qemuBlockStorageSourceChainData {
     qemuBlockStorageSourceAttachData **srcdata;
     size_t nsrcdata;
+
+    virJSONValue *copyOnReadProps;
+    char *copyOnReadNodename;
+    bool copyOnReadAttached;
 };
 
 typedef struct _qemuBlockStorageSourceChainData qemuBlockStorageSourceChainData;