diff --git a/block/coroutines.h b/block/coroutines.h
index 6c63a819c9..f69179f5ef 100644
--- a/block/coroutines.h
+++ b/block/coroutines.h
@@ -57,11 +57,9 @@ bdrv_common_block_status_above(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                int64_t *map,
                                BlockDriverState **file);
 
-int coroutine_fn
-bdrv_co_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
-                   bool is_read);
-int generated_co_wrapper
-bdrv_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
-                bool is_read);
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_readv_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                       QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos);
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_writev_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                        QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos);
 
 #endif /* BLOCK_COROUTINES_INT_H */
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index eef4cceaf0..8b87df69a1 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -572,8 +572,10 @@ int path_has_protocol(const char *path);
 int path_is_absolute(const char *path);
 char *path_combine(const char *base_path, const char *filename);
 
-int bdrv_readv_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos);
-int bdrv_writev_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos);
+int generated_co_wrapper
+bdrv_readv_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos);
+int generated_co_wrapper
+bdrv_writev_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos);
 int bdrv_save_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, const uint8_t *buf,
                       int64_t pos, int size);
 
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index c3dc1db036..54f0968aee 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -2475,28 +2475,50 @@ int bdrv_is_allocated_above(BlockDriverState *top,
 }
 
 int coroutine_fn
-bdrv_co_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
-                   bool is_read)
+bdrv_co_readv_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv = bs->drv;
     BlockDriverState *child_bs = bdrv_primary_bs(bs);
     int ret = -ENOTSUP;
 
+    if (!drv) {
+        return -ENOMEDIUM;
+    }
+
     bdrv_inc_in_flight(bs);
 
+    if (drv->bdrv_load_vmstate) {
+        ret = drv->bdrv_load_vmstate(bs, qiov, pos);
+    } else if (child_bs) {
+        ret = bdrv_co_readv_vmstate(child_bs, qiov, pos);
+    }
+
+    bdrv_dec_in_flight(bs);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int coroutine_fn
+bdrv_co_writev_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos)
+{
+    BlockDriver *drv = bs->drv;
+    BlockDriverState *child_bs = bdrv_primary_bs(bs);
+    int ret = -ENOTSUP;
+
     if (!drv) {
-        ret = -ENOMEDIUM;
-    } else if (drv->bdrv_load_vmstate) {
-        if (is_read) {
-            ret = drv->bdrv_load_vmstate(bs, qiov, pos);
-        } else {
-            ret = drv->bdrv_save_vmstate(bs, qiov, pos);
-        }
+        return -ENOMEDIUM;
+    }
+
+    bdrv_inc_in_flight(bs);
+
+    if (drv->bdrv_save_vmstate) {
+        ret = drv->bdrv_save_vmstate(bs, qiov, pos);
     } else if (child_bs) {
-        ret = bdrv_co_rw_vmstate(child_bs, qiov, pos, is_read);
+        ret = bdrv_co_writev_vmstate(child_bs, qiov, pos);
     }
 
     bdrv_dec_in_flight(bs);
+
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2504,38 +2526,18 @@ int bdrv_save_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, const uint8_t *buf,
                       int64_t pos, int size)
 {
     QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, size);
-    int ret;
+    int ret = bdrv_writev_vmstate(bs, &qiov, pos);
 
-    ret = bdrv_writev_vmstate(bs, &qiov, pos);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    return size;
-}
-
-int bdrv_writev_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos)
-{
-    return bdrv_rw_vmstate(bs, qiov, pos, false);
+    return ret < 0 ? ret : size;
 }
 
 int bdrv_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *buf,
                       int64_t pos, int size)
 {
     QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, size);
-    int ret;
+    int ret = bdrv_readv_vmstate(bs, &qiov, pos);
 
-    ret = bdrv_readv_vmstate(bs, &qiov, pos);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    return size;
-}
-
-int bdrv_readv_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos)
-{
-    return bdrv_rw_vmstate(bs, qiov, pos, true);
+    return ret < 0 ? ret : size;
 }
 
 /**************************************************************/
