diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 743da37b6f..469c6539d4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -18601,7 +18601,7 @@ qemuDomainGetBlockIoTune(virDomainPtr dom,
         if (!(device = qemuAliasDiskDriveFromDisk(disk)))
             goto endjob;
         qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
-        ret = qemuMonitorGetBlockIoThrottle(priv->mon, device, &reply);
+        ret = qemuMonitorGetBlockIoThrottle(priv->mon, device, NULL, &reply);
         if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0)
             goto endjob;
         if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 2902c3b246..758942ffcb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -3465,14 +3465,16 @@ qemuMonitorSetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 int
 qemuMonitorGetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                              const char *device,
+                              const char *drivealias,
+                              const char *qdevid,
                               virDomainBlockIoTuneInfoPtr reply)
 {
-    VIR_DEBUG("device=%p, reply=%p", device, reply);
+    VIR_DEBUG("drivealias=%s, qdevid=%s, reply=%p",
+              NULLSTR(drivealias), NULLSTR(qdevid), reply);
 
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
 
-    return qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockIoThrottle(mon, device, reply);
+    return qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockIoThrottle(mon, drivealias, qdevid, reply);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 16fc75819f..60418422e9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -940,7 +940,8 @@ int qemuMonitorSetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                   bool supportMaxLengthOptions);
 
 int qemuMonitorGetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                                  const char *device,
+                                  const char *drivealias,
+                                  const char *qdevid,
                                   virDomainBlockIoTuneInfoPtr reply);
 
 int qemuMonitorSystemWakeup(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 8a70d38169..bdbe003d32 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -4818,7 +4818,8 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONOpenGraphics(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     }
 static int
 qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(virJSONValuePtr io_throttle,
-                                   const char *device,
+                                   const char *drivealias,
+                                   const char *qdevid,
                                    virDomainBlockIoTuneInfoPtr reply)
 {
     int ret = -1;
@@ -4828,7 +4829,8 @@ qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(virJSONValuePtr io_throttle,
     for (i = 0; i < virJSONValueArraySize(io_throttle); i++) {
         virJSONValuePtr temp_dev = virJSONValueArrayGet(io_throttle, i);
         virJSONValuePtr inserted;
-        const char *current_dev;
+        const char *current_drive;
+        const char *current_qdev;
 
         if (!temp_dev || virJSONValueGetType(temp_dev) != VIR_JSON_TYPE_OBJECT) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
@@ -4837,14 +4839,18 @@ qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(virJSONValuePtr io_throttle,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if (!(current_dev = virJSONValueObjectGetString(temp_dev, "device"))) {
+        current_qdev = virJSONValueObjectGetString(temp_dev, "qdev");
+        current_drive = virJSONValueObjectGetString(temp_dev, "device");
+
+        if (!current_drive && !current_qdev) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                            _("block_io_throttle device entry "
                              "was not in expected format"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if (STRNEQ(current_dev, device))
+        if ((drivealias && STRNEQ(current_drive, drivealias)) ||
+            (qdevid && STRNEQ(current_qdev, qdevid)))
             continue;
 
         found = true;
@@ -4885,7 +4891,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(virJSONValuePtr io_throttle,
     if (!found) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("cannot find throttling info for device '%s'"),
-                       device);
+                       drivealias ? drivealias : qdevid);
         goto cleanup;
     }
     ret = 0;
@@ -4996,7 +5002,8 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONSetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                                      const char *device,
+                                      const char *drivealias,
+                                      const char *qdevid,
                                       virDomainBlockIoTuneInfoPtr reply)
 {
     int ret = -1;
@@ -5005,7 +5012,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     if (!(devices = qemuMonitorJSONQueryBlock(mon)))
         return -1;
 
-    ret = qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(devices, device, reply);
+    ret = qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(devices, drivealias, qdevid, reply);
     virJSONValueFree(devices);
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 47635f14b1..4d75e04183 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONSetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                       bool supportMaxLengthOptions);
 
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                                      const char *device,
+                                      const char *drivealias,
+                                      const char *qdevid,
                                       virDomainBlockIoTuneInfoPtr reply);
 
 int qemuMonitorJSONSystemWakeup(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index b39d8cd0b8..35d24cfb22 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -2139,7 +2139,7 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONqemuMonitorJSONSetBlockIoThrottle(const void *data)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockIoThrottle(qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(test),
-                                          "drive-virtio-disk0", &info) < 0)
+                                          "drive-virtio-disk0", NULL, &info) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (testValidateGetBlockIoThrottle(&info, &expectedInfo) < 0)