diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 3877d93da6..2a369e6aff 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ void backup_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   bool compress,
                   BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
                   BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
+                  int creation_flags,
                   BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque,
                   BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -612,7 +613,7 @@ void backup_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
 
     job = block_job_create(job_id, &backup_job_driver, bs, speed,
-                           BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, cb, opaque, errp);
+                           creation_flags, cb, opaque, errp);
     if (!job) {
         goto error;
     }
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index e9fba9be06..fa4184955a 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -937,9 +937,9 @@ static const BlockJobDriver commit_active_job_driver = {
 };
 
 static void mirror_start_job(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
-                             BlockDriverState *target, const char *replaces,
-                             int64_t speed, uint32_t granularity,
-                             int64_t buf_size,
+                             int creation_flags, BlockDriverState *target,
+                             const char *replaces, int64_t speed,
+                             uint32_t granularity, int64_t buf_size,
                              BlockMirrorBackingMode backing_mode,
                              BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
                              BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
@@ -967,8 +967,8 @@ static void mirror_start_job(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
         buf_size = DEFAULT_MIRROR_BUF_SIZE;
     }
 
-    s = block_job_create(job_id, driver, bs, speed,
-                         BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, cb, opaque, errp);
+    s = block_job_create(job_id, driver, bs, speed, creation_flags,
+                         cb, opaque, errp);
     if (!s) {
         return;
     }
@@ -1031,17 +1031,16 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
     is_none_mode = mode == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE;
     base = mode == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP ? backing_bs(bs) : NULL;
-    mirror_start_job(job_id, bs, target, replaces,
+    mirror_start_job(job_id, bs, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, target, replaces,
                      speed, granularity, buf_size, backing_mode,
                      on_source_error, on_target_error, unmap, cb, opaque, errp,
                      &mirror_job_driver, is_none_mode, base, false);
 }
 
 void commit_active_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
-                         BlockDriverState *base, int64_t speed,
-                         BlockdevOnError on_error,
-                         BlockCompletionFunc *cb,
-                         void *opaque, Error **errp,
+                         BlockDriverState *base, int creation_flags,
+                         int64_t speed, BlockdevOnError on_error,
+                         BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, Error **errp,
                          bool auto_complete)
 {
     int64_t length, base_length;
@@ -1080,7 +1079,7 @@ void commit_active_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
         }
     }
 
-    mirror_start_job(job_id, bs, base, NULL, speed, 0, 0,
+    mirror_start_job(job_id, bs, creation_flags, base, NULL, speed, 0, 0,
                      MIRROR_LEAVE_BACKING_CHAIN,
                      on_error, on_error, true, cb, opaque, &local_err,
                      &commit_active_job_driver, false, base, auto_complete);
diff --git a/block/replication.c b/block/replication.c
index 02aeaaf7d0..d5e2b0f497 100644
--- a/block/replication.c
+++ b/block/replication.c
@@ -508,10 +508,11 @@ static void replication_start(ReplicationState *rs, ReplicationMode mode,
         bdrv_op_block_all(top_bs, s->blocker);
         bdrv_op_unblock(top_bs, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_DATAPLANE, s->blocker);
 
-        backup_start("replication-backup", s->secondary_disk->bs,
-                     s->hidden_disk->bs, 0, MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE, NULL, false,
+        backup_start(NULL, s->secondary_disk->bs, s->hidden_disk->bs, 0,
+                     MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE, NULL, false,
                      BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
-                     backup_job_completed, bs, NULL, &local_err);
+                     BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL, backup_job_completed, bs,
+                     NULL, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             backup_job_cleanup(bs);
@@ -633,10 +634,9 @@ static void replication_stop(ReplicationState *rs, bool failover, Error **errp)
         }
 
         s->replication_state = BLOCK_REPLICATION_FAILOVER;
-        commit_active_start("replication-commit", s->active_disk->bs,
-                            s->secondary_disk->bs, 0, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
-                            replication_done,
-                            bs, errp, true);
+        commit_active_start(NULL, s->active_disk->bs, s->secondary_disk->bs,
+                            BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL, 0, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
+                            replication_done, bs, errp, true);
         break;
     default:
         aio_context_release(aio_context);
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index d57cb0c7d6..9c483bd78d 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3110,8 +3110,9 @@ void qmp_block_commit(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
                              " but 'top' is the active layer");
             goto out;
         }
-        commit_active_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs, speed,
-                            on_error, block_job_cb, bs, &local_err, false);
+        commit_active_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs,
+                            BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, speed, on_error, block_job_cb,
+                            bs, &local_err, false);
     } else {
         BlockDriverState *overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, top_bs);
         if (bdrv_op_is_blocked(overlay_bs, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_COMMIT_TARGET, errp)) {
@@ -3239,7 +3240,8 @@ static void do_drive_backup(DriveBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp)
 
     backup_start(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed, backup->sync,
                  bmap, backup->compress, backup->on_source_error,
-                 backup->on_target_error, block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
+                 backup->on_target_error, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT,
+                 block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
     bdrv_unref(target_bs);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
@@ -3309,7 +3311,8 @@ void do_blockdev_backup(BlockdevBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp)
     }
     backup_start(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed, backup->sync,
                  NULL, backup->compress, backup->on_source_error,
-                 backup->on_target_error, block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
+                 backup->on_target_error, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT,
+                 block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     }
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index e7ff58419c..348d457a65 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
  * device name of @bs.
  * @bs: Active block device to be committed.
  * @base: Block device that will be written into, and become the new top.
+ * @creation_flags: Flags that control the behavior of the Job lifetime.
+ *                  See @BlockJobCreateFlags
  * @speed: The maximum speed, in bytes per second, or 0 for unlimited.
  * @on_error: The action to take upon error.
  * @cb: Completion function for the job.
@@ -715,8 +717,8 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
  *
  */
 void commit_active_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
-                         BlockDriverState *base, int64_t speed,
-                         BlockdevOnError on_error,
+                         BlockDriverState *base, int creation_flags,
+                         int64_t speed, BlockdevOnError on_error,
                          BlockCompletionFunc *cb,
                          void *opaque, Error **errp, bool auto_complete);
 /*
@@ -765,6 +767,8 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
  * @sync_bitmap: The dirty bitmap if sync_mode is MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_INCREMENTAL.
  * @on_source_error: The action to take upon error reading from the source.
  * @on_target_error: The action to take upon error writing to the target.
+ * @creation_flags: Flags that control the behavior of the Job lifetime.
+ *                  See @BlockJobCreateFlags
  * @cb: Completion function for the job.
  * @opaque: Opaque pointer value passed to @cb.
  * @txn: Transaction that this job is part of (may be NULL).
@@ -778,6 +782,7 @@ void backup_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   bool compress,
                   BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
                   BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
+                  int creation_flags,
                   BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque,
                   BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp);
 
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index ac7f40d91a..6949b73ca5 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -933,8 +933,9 @@ static int img_commit(int argc, char **argv)
 
     aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
     aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
-    commit_active_start("commit", bs, base_bs, 0, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
-                        common_block_job_cb, &cbi, &local_err, false);
+    commit_active_start("commit", bs, base_bs, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, 0,
+                        BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, common_block_job_cb, &cbi,
+                        &local_err, false);
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
     if (local_err) {
         goto done;