1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 8104225cd3..d090324c68 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2226,9 +2226,23 @@ void bdrv_close_all(void)
 static void change_parent_backing_link(BlockDriverState *from,
                                        BlockDriverState *to)
 {
-    BdrvChild *c, *next;
+    BdrvChild *c, *next, *to_c;
 
     QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(c, &from->parents, next_parent, next) {
+        if (c->role == &child_backing) {
+            /* @from is generally not allowed to be a backing file, except for
+             * when @to is the overlay. In that case, @from may not be replaced
+             * by @to as @to's backing node. */
+            QLIST_FOREACH(to_c, &to->children, next) {
+                if (to_c == c) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (to_c) {
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
         assert(c->role != &child_backing);
         bdrv_ref(to);
         bdrv_replace_child(c, to);