diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index fe2663f..240b3dc 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 #include "block/blockjob_int.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qemu/ratelimit.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
+#include "block/copy-on-read.h"
 
 enum {
     /*
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ typedef struct StreamBlockJob {
     BlockJob common;
     BlockDriverState *base_overlay; /* COW overlay (stream from this) */
     BlockDriverState *above_base;   /* Node directly above the base */
+    BlockDriverState *cor_filter_bs;
+    BlockDriverState *target_bs;
     BlockdevOnError on_error;
     bool bs_read_only;
     bool chain_frozen;
@@ -52,23 +56,20 @@ static void stream_abort(Job *job)
     StreamBlockJob *s = container_of(job, StreamBlockJob, common.job);
 
     if (s->chain_frozen) {
-        BlockJob *bjob = &s->common;
-        bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(blk_bs(bjob->blk), s->above_base);
+        bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(s->cor_filter_bs, s->above_base);
     }
 }
 
 static int stream_prepare(Job *job)
 {
     StreamBlockJob *s = container_of(job, StreamBlockJob, common.job);
-    BlockJob *bjob = &s->common;
-    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(bjob->blk);
-    BlockDriverState *unfiltered_bs = bdrv_skip_filters(bs);
+    BlockDriverState *unfiltered_bs = bdrv_skip_filters(s->target_bs);
     BlockDriverState *base = bdrv_filter_or_cow_bs(s->above_base);
     BlockDriverState *base_metadata = bdrv_skip_filters(base);
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret = 0;
 
-    bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(bs, s->above_base);
+    bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(s->cor_filter_bs, s->above_base);
     s->chain_frozen = false;
 
     if (bdrv_cow_child(unfiltered_bs)) {
@@ -94,13 +95,14 @@ static void stream_clean(Job *job)
 {
     StreamBlockJob *s = container_of(job, StreamBlockJob, common.job);
     BlockJob *bjob = &s->common;
-    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(bjob->blk);
+
+    bdrv_cor_filter_drop(s->cor_filter_bs);
 
     /* Reopen the image back in read-only mode if necessary */
     if (s->bs_read_only) {
         /* Give up write permissions before making it read-only */
         blk_set_perm(bjob->blk, 0, BLK_PERM_ALL, &error_abort);
-        bdrv_reopen_set_read_only(bs, true, NULL);
+        bdrv_reopen_set_read_only(s->target_bs, true, NULL);
     }
 }
 
@@ -108,9 +110,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn stream_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
 {
     StreamBlockJob *s = container_of(job, StreamBlockJob, common.job);
     BlockBackend *blk = s->common.blk;
-    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(blk);
-    BlockDriverState *unfiltered_bs = bdrv_skip_filters(bs);
-    bool enable_cor = !bdrv_cow_child(s->base_overlay);
+    BlockDriverState *unfiltered_bs = bdrv_skip_filters(s->target_bs);
     int64_t len;
     int64_t offset = 0;
     uint64_t delay_ns = 0;
@@ -122,21 +122,12 @@ static int coroutine_fn stream_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    len = bdrv_getlength(bs);
+    len = bdrv_getlength(s->target_bs);
     if (len < 0) {
         return len;
     }
     job_progress_set_remaining(&s->common.job, len);
 
-    /* Turn on copy-on-read for the whole block device so that guest read
-     * requests help us make progress.  Only do this when copying the entire
-     * backing chain since the copy-on-read operation does not take base into
-     * account.
-     */
-    if (enable_cor) {
-        bdrv_enable_copy_on_read(bs);
-    }
-
     for ( ; offset < len; offset += n) {
         bool copy;
         int ret;
@@ -195,10 +186,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn stream_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
         }
     }
 
-    if (enable_cor) {
-        bdrv_disable_copy_on_read(bs);
-    }
-
     /* Do not remove the backing file if an error was there but ignored. */
     return error;
 }
@@ -228,6 +215,7 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     bool bs_read_only;
     int basic_flags = BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ | BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED;
     BlockDriverState *base_overlay = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, base);
+    BlockDriverState *cor_filter_bs = NULL;
     BlockDriverState *above_base;
 
     if (!base_overlay) {
@@ -262,17 +250,51 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
         }
     }
 
-    /* Prevent concurrent jobs trying to modify the graph structure here, we
-     * already have our own plans. Also don't allow resize as the image size is
-     * queried only at the job start and then cached. */
-    s = block_job_create(job_id, &stream_job_driver, NULL, bs,
-                         basic_flags | BLK_PERM_GRAPH_MOD,
-                         basic_flags | BLK_PERM_WRITE,
+    QDict *opts = qdict_new();
+
+    qdict_put_str(opts, "driver", "copy-on-read");
+    qdict_put_str(opts, "file", bdrv_get_node_name(bs));
+    if (base) {
+        qdict_put_str(opts, "base", base->node_name);
+    }
+    if (filter_node_name) {
+        qdict_put_str(opts, "node-name", filter_node_name);
+    }
+
+    cor_filter_bs = bdrv_cor_filter_append(bs, opts, BDRV_O_RDWR, errp);
+    if (cor_filter_bs == NULL) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!filter_node_name) {
+        cor_filter_bs->implicit = true;
+    }
+
+    if (bdrv_freeze_backing_chain(cor_filter_bs, bs, errp) < 0) {
+        bdrv_cor_filter_drop(cor_filter_bs);
+        cor_filter_bs = NULL;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    s = block_job_create(job_id, &stream_job_driver, NULL, cor_filter_bs,
+                         BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ,
+                         basic_flags | BLK_PERM_WRITE | BLK_PERM_GRAPH_MOD,
                          speed, creation_flags, NULL, NULL, errp);
     if (!s) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Prevent concurrent jobs trying to modify the graph structure here, we
+     * already have our own plans. Also don't allow resize as the image size is
+     * queried only at the job start and then cached.
+     */
+    if (block_job_add_bdrv(&s->common, "active node", bs,
+                           basic_flags | BLK_PERM_GRAPH_MOD,
+                           basic_flags | BLK_PERM_WRITE, &error_abort)) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
     /* Block all intermediate nodes between bs and base, because they will
      * disappear from the chain after this operation. The streaming job reads
      * every block only once, assuming that it doesn't change, so forbid writes
@@ -292,6 +314,8 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     s->base_overlay = base_overlay;
     s->above_base = above_base;
+    s->cor_filter_bs = cor_filter_bs;
+    s->target_bs = bs;
     s->bs_read_only = bs_read_only;
     s->chain_frozen = true;
 
@@ -304,5 +328,10 @@ fail:
     if (bs_read_only) {
         bdrv_reopen_set_read_only(bs, true, NULL);
     }
-    bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(bs, above_base);
+    if (cor_filter_bs) {
+        bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(cor_filter_bs, above_base);
+        bdrv_cor_filter_drop(cor_filter_bs);
+    } else {
+        bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(bs, above_base);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/030 b/tests/qemu-iotests/030
index dcb4b5d..0064590 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/030
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/030
@@ -227,61 +227,20 @@ class TestParallelOps(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         for img in self.imgs:
             os.remove(img)
 
-    # Test that it's possible to run several block-stream operations
-    # in parallel in the same snapshot chain
-    @unittest.skipIf(os.environ.get('QEMU_CHECK_BLOCK_AUTO'), 'disabled in CI')
-    def test_stream_parallel(self):
-        self.assert_no_active_block_jobs()
-
-        # Check that the maps don't match before the streaming operations
-        for i in range(2, self.num_imgs, 2):
-            self.assertNotEqual(qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-rU', '-c', 'map', self.imgs[i]),
-                                qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-rU', '-c', 'map', self.imgs[i-1]),
-                                'image file map matches backing file before streaming')
-
-        # Create all streaming jobs
-        pending_jobs = []
-        for i in range(2, self.num_imgs, 2):
-            node_name = 'node%d' % i
-            job_id = 'stream-%s' % node_name
-            pending_jobs.append(job_id)
-            result = self.vm.qmp('block-stream', device=node_name, job_id=job_id, base=self.imgs[i-2], speed=1024)
-            self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
-
-        for job in pending_jobs:
-            result = self.vm.qmp('block-job-set-speed', device=job, speed=0)
-            self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
-
-        # Wait for all jobs to be finished.
-        while len(pending_jobs) > 0:
-            for event in self.vm.get_qmp_events(wait=True):
-                if event['event'] == 'BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED':
-                    job_id = self.dictpath(event, 'data/device')
-                    self.assertTrue(job_id in pending_jobs)
-                    self.assert_qmp_absent(event, 'data/error')
-                    pending_jobs.remove(job_id)
-
-        self.assert_no_active_block_jobs()
-        self.vm.shutdown()
-
-        # Check that all maps match now
-        for i in range(2, self.num_imgs, 2):
-            self.assertEqual(qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'map', self.imgs[i]),
-                             qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'map', self.imgs[i-1]),
-                             'image file map does not match backing file after streaming')
-
     # Test that it's not possible to perform two block-stream
     # operations if there are nodes involved in both.
     def test_overlapping_1(self):
         self.assert_no_active_block_jobs()
 
         # Set a speed limit to make sure that this job blocks the rest
-        result = self.vm.qmp('block-stream', device='node4', job_id='stream-node4', base=self.imgs[1], speed=1024*1024)
+        result = self.vm.qmp('block-stream', device='node4',
+                             job_id='stream-node4', base=self.imgs[1],
+                             filter_node_name='stream-filter', speed=1024*1024)
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
 
         result = self.vm.qmp('block-stream', device='node5', job_id='stream-node5', base=self.imgs[2])
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc',
-            "Node 'node4' is busy: block device is in use by block job: stream")
+            "Node 'stream-filter' is busy: block device is in use by block job: stream")
 
         result = self.vm.qmp('block-stream', device='node3', job_id='stream-node3', base=self.imgs[2])
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc',
@@ -294,7 +253,7 @@ class TestParallelOps(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         # block-commit should also fail if it touches nodes used by the stream job
         result = self.vm.qmp('block-commit', device='drive0', base=self.imgs[4], job_id='commit-node4')
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc',
-            "Node 'node4' is busy: block device is in use by block job: stream")
+            "Node 'stream-filter' is busy: block device is in use by block job: stream")
 
         result = self.vm.qmp('block-commit', device='drive0', base=self.imgs[1], top=self.imgs[3], job_id='commit-node1')
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc',
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/030.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/030.out
index 6d9bee1..5eb508d 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/030.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/030.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-...........................
+..........................
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Ran 27 tests
+Ran 26 tests
 
 OK
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/141.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/141.out
index 08e0aec..028a16f 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/141.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/141.out
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 0
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "created", "id": "job0"}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "running", "id": "job0"}}
 {'execute': 'blockdev-del', 'arguments': {'node-name': 'drv0'}}
-{"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Node drv0 is in use"}}
+{"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Node 'drv0' is busy: block device is in use by block job: stream"}}
 {'execute': 'block-job-cancel', 'arguments': {'device': 'job0'}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "aborting", "id": "job0"}}
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/245 b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
index e60c832..940e85a 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/245
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
@@ -899,17 +899,26 @@ class TestBlockdevReopen(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         # make hd1 read-only and block-stream requires it to be read-write
         # (Which error message appears depends on whether the stream job is
         # already done with copying at this point.)
-        self.reopen(opts, {},
+        # As the COR-filter node is inserted into the backing chain with the
+        # 'block-stream' operation, we move the options to their proper nodes.
+        opts = hd_opts(1)
+        opts['backing'] = hd_opts(2)
+        opts['backing']['backing'] = None
+        self.reopen(opts, {'read-only': True},
             ["Can't set node 'hd1' to r/o with copy-on-read enabled",
              "Cannot make block node read-only, there is a writer on it"])
 
         # We can't remove hd2 while the stream job is ongoing
-        opts['backing']['backing'] = None
-        self.reopen(opts, {'backing.read-only': False}, "Cannot change 'backing' link from 'hd1' to 'hd2'")
+        opts['backing'] = None
+        self.reopen(opts, {'read-only': False},
+                    "Cannot change 'backing' link from 'hd1' to 'hd2'")
 
-        # We can detach hd1 from hd0 because it doesn't affect the stream job
+        # We can't detach hd1 from hd0 because there is the COR-filter implicit
+        # node in between.
+        opts = hd_opts(0)
         opts['backing'] = None
-        self.reopen(opts)
+        self.reopen(opts, {},
+                    "Cannot change backing link if 'hd0' has an implicit backing file")
 
         self.vm.run_job('stream0', auto_finalize = False, auto_dismiss = True)
 
