diff --git a/block/accounting.c b/block/accounting.c
index 01d594ffdc..a423560206 100644
--- a/block/accounting.c
+++ b/block/accounting.c
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ void block_acct_done(BlockAcctStats *stats, BlockAcctCookie *cookie)
 }
 
 
-void block_acct_highest_sector(BlockAcctStats *stats, int64_t sector_num,
-                               unsigned int nb_sectors)
-{
-    if (stats->wr_highest_sector < sector_num + nb_sectors - 1) {
-        stats->wr_highest_sector = sector_num + nb_sectors - 1;
-    }
-}
-
 void block_acct_merge_done(BlockAcctStats *stats, enum BlockAcctType type,
                       int num_requests)
 {
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 5311473a1d..b80044b763 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_aligned_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     bdrv_set_dirty(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors);
 
-    block_acct_highest_sector(&bs->stats, sector_num, nb_sectors);
+    if (bs->wr_highest_offset < offset + bytes) {
+        bs->wr_highest_offset = offset + bytes;
+    }
 
     if (ret >= 0) {
         bs->total_sectors = MAX(bs->total_sectors, sector_num + nb_sectors);
diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index 355ba324f1..0360126548 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ static BlockStats *bdrv_query_stats(const BlockDriverState *bs,
     s->stats->wr_operations = bs->stats.nr_ops[BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE];
     s->stats->rd_merged = bs->stats.merged[BLOCK_ACCT_READ];
     s->stats->wr_merged = bs->stats.merged[BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE];
-    s->stats->wr_highest_offset =
-        bs->stats.wr_highest_sector * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     s->stats->flush_operations = bs->stats.nr_ops[BLOCK_ACCT_FLUSH];
     s->stats->wr_total_time_ns = bs->stats.total_time_ns[BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE];
     s->stats->rd_total_time_ns = bs->stats.total_time_ns[BLOCK_ACCT_READ];
     s->stats->flush_total_time_ns = bs->stats.total_time_ns[BLOCK_ACCT_FLUSH];
 
+    s->stats->wr_highest_offset = bs->wr_highest_offset;
+
     if (bs->file) {
         s->has_parent = true;
         s->parent = bdrv_query_stats(bs->file->bs, query_backing);
diff --git a/include/block/accounting.h b/include/block/accounting.h
index 4c406cff7a..66637cdfed 100644
--- a/include/block/accounting.h
+++ b/include/block/accounting.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ typedef struct BlockAcctStats {
     uint64_t nr_ops[BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE];
     uint64_t total_time_ns[BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE];
     uint64_t merged[BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE];
-    uint64_t wr_highest_sector;
 } BlockAcctStats;
 
 typedef struct BlockAcctCookie {
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ typedef struct BlockAcctCookie {
 void block_acct_start(BlockAcctStats *stats, BlockAcctCookie *cookie,
                       int64_t bytes, enum BlockAcctType type);
 void block_acct_done(BlockAcctStats *stats, BlockAcctCookie *cookie);
-void block_acct_highest_sector(BlockAcctStats *stats, int64_t sector_num,
-                               unsigned int nb_sectors);
 void block_acct_merge_done(BlockAcctStats *stats, enum BlockAcctType type,
                            int num_requests);
 
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 6860787eb6..35d4c19e29 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     /* I/O stats (display with "info blockstats"). */
     BlockAcctStats stats;
 
+    /* Offset after the highest byte written to */
+    uint64_t wr_highest_offset;
+
     /* I/O Limits */
     BlockLimits bl;
 
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 2b52980cfc..d7cf0ff264 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -2520,8 +2520,8 @@ Each json-object contain the following:
     - "wr_total_time_ns": total time spend on writes in nano-seconds (json-int)
     - "rd_total_time_ns": total time spend on reads in nano-seconds (json-int)
     - "flush_total_time_ns": total time spend on cache flushes in nano-seconds (json-int)
-    - "wr_highest_offset": Highest offset of a sector written since the
-                           BlockDriverState has been opened (json-int)
+    - "wr_highest_offset": The offset after the greatest byte written to the
+                           BlockDriverState since it has been opened (json-int)
     - "rd_merged": number of read requests that have been merged into
                    another request (json-int)
     - "wr_merged": number of write requests that have been merged into