diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 0e9eedd9d6..52bfa289e6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleBlockJob(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                           const char *error,
                           void *opaque)
 {
+    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv;
     virQEMUDriverPtr driver = opaque;
     struct qemuProcessEvent *processEvent = NULL;
     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk;
@@ -940,6 +941,12 @@ qemuProcessHandleBlockJob(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     virObjectLock(vm);
 
+    priv = vm->privateData;
+
+    /* with QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV we handle block job events via JOB_STATUS_CHANGE */
+    if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV))
+        goto cleanup;
+
     VIR_DEBUG("Block job for device %s (domain: %p,%s) type %d status %d",
               diskAlias, vm, vm->def->name, type, status);