diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 0a45cdf5e3..b70f4498fc 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2156,6 +2156,7 @@ virStorageSourceParseRBDColonString;
 virStorageSourcePoolDefFree;
 virStorageSourcePoolModeTypeFromString;
 virStorageSourcePoolModeTypeToString;
+virStorageSourceUpdateBlockPhysicalSize;
 virStorageTypeFromString;
 virStorageTypeToString;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 641abac917..9ffced3c7b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -11823,8 +11823,16 @@ qemuDomainGetBlockInfo(virDomainPtr dom,
         info->allocation = entry->wr_highest_offset;
     }
 
+    if (entry->physical) {
+        info->physical = entry->physical;
+    } else {
+        if (virStorageSourceUpdateBlockPhysicalSize(disk->src, true) < 0)
+            goto endjob;
+
+        info->physical = disk->src->physical;
+    }
+
     info->capacity = entry->capacity;
-    info->physical = entry->physical;
 
     ret = 0;
 
@@ -19270,9 +19278,15 @@ qemuDomainGetStatsOneBlock(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (entry->capacity)
         QEMU_ADD_BLOCK_PARAM_ULL(record, maxparams, block_idx,
                                  "capacity", entry->capacity);
-    if (entry->physical)
+    if (entry->physical) {
         QEMU_ADD_BLOCK_PARAM_ULL(record, maxparams, block_idx,
                                  "physical", entry->physical);
+    } else {
+        if (virStorageSourceUpdateBlockPhysicalSize(src, false) == 0) {
+            QEMU_ADD_BLOCK_PARAM_ULL(record, maxparams, block_idx,
+                                     "physical", src->physical);
+        }
+    }
 
     ret = 0;
  cleanup:
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index 6c3017cef9..2aa1d90d65 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -2587,6 +2587,45 @@ virStorageSourceNewFromBacking(virStorageSourcePtr parent)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * @src: disk source definiton structure
+ * @report: report libvirt errors if set to true
+ *
+ * Updates src->physical for block devices since qemu doesn't report the current
+ * size correctly for them. Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
+ */
+int
+virStorageSourceUpdateBlockPhysicalSize(virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                                        bool report)
+{
+    int fd = -1;
+    off_t end;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (virStorageSourceGetActualType(src) != VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_BLOCK)
+        return 0;
+
+    if ((fd = open(src->path, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
+        if (report)
+            virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to open block device '%s'"),
+                                 src->path);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if ((end = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END)) == (off_t) -1) {
+        if (report)
+            virReportSystemError(errno,
+                                 _("failed to seek to end of '%s'"), src->path);
+    } else {
+        src->physical = end;
+        ret = 0;
+    }
+
+    VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(fd);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 static char *
 virStorageFileCanonicalizeFormatPath(char **components,
                                      size_t ncomponents,
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index aa17a00e54..b98fe25871 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ bool virStorageSourceIsLocalStorage(virStorageSourcePtr src);
 bool virStorageSourceIsEmpty(virStorageSourcePtr src);
 void virStorageSourceFree(virStorageSourcePtr def);
 void virStorageSourceBackingStoreClear(virStorageSourcePtr def);
+int virStorageSourceUpdateBlockPhysicalSize(virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                                            bool report);
 virStorageSourcePtr virStorageSourceNewFromBacking(virStorageSourcePtr parent);
 virStorageSourcePtr virStorageSourceCopy(const virStorageSource *src,
                                          bool backingChain)