1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index e2aa5c1b3c..9dfd90896b 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,9 @@ static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_file_open(&bs, filename, NULL, NULL, BDRV_O_RDWR, &local_err);
+    bs = NULL;
+    ret = bdrv_open(&bs, filename, NULL, NULL, BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                    NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return ret;