diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 74abb97bfdf27b5a9f4f82cd55b4c79afb688b78..72865a4a6e5f9917379870db9c838433eceee0c3 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -223,14 +223,18 @@ int block_job_add_bdrv(BlockJob *job, const char *name, BlockDriverState *bs,
                        uint64_t perm, uint64_t shared_perm, Error **errp)
 {
     BdrvChild *c;
+    bool need_context_ops;
 
     bdrv_ref(bs);
-    if (job->job.aio_context != qemu_get_aio_context()) {
+
+    need_context_ops = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs) != job->job.aio_context;
+
+    if (need_context_ops && job->job.aio_context != qemu_get_aio_context()) {
         aio_context_release(job->job.aio_context);
     }
     c = bdrv_root_attach_child(bs, name, &child_job, job->job.aio_context,
                                perm, shared_perm, job, errp);
-    if (job->job.aio_context != qemu_get_aio_context()) {
+    if (need_context_ops && job->job.aio_context != qemu_get_aio_context()) {
         aio_context_acquire(job->job.aio_context);
     }
     if (c == NULL) {