diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 3feac08535..9cd6f4a50d 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ static int bdrv_open_flags(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags)
 
 static void update_flags_from_options(int *flags, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
-    *flags &= ~BDRV_O_CACHE_MASK;
+    *flags &= ~(BDRV_O_CACHE_MASK | BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_AUTO_RDONLY);
 
     assert(qemu_opt_find(opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_NO_FLUSH));
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_NO_FLUSH, false)) {
@@ -1149,8 +1149,6 @@ static void update_flags_from_options(int *flags, QemuOpts *opts)
         *flags |= BDRV_O_NOCACHE;
     }
 
-    *flags &= ~BDRV_O_RDWR;
-
     assert(qemu_opt_find(opts, BDRV_OPT_READ_ONLY));
     if (!qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BDRV_OPT_READ_ONLY, false)) {
         *flags |= BDRV_O_RDWR;