diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index b48c3f8cf5..dd5ca02b09 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1499,6 +1499,11 @@ static void mirror_start_job(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
         buf_size = DEFAULT_MIRROR_BUF_SIZE;
     }
 
+    if (bs == target) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Can't mirror node into itself");
+        return;
+    }
+
     /* In the case of active commit, add dummy driver to provide consistent
      * reads on the top, while disabling it in the intermediate nodes, and make
      * the backing chain writable. */
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/041 b/tests/qemu-iotests/041
index c20ac7da87..9336ab6ff5 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/041
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/041
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ class TestSingleBlockdev(TestSingleDrive):
         result = self.vm.qmp("blockdev-add", **args)
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
 
+    def test_mirror_to_self(self):
+        result = self.vm.qmp(self.qmp_cmd, job_id='job0',
+                             device=self.qmp_target, sync='full',
+                             target=self.qmp_target)
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/class', 'GenericError')
+
     test_large_cluster = None
     test_image_not_found = None
     test_small_buffer2 = None
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out
index c28b392b87..e071d0b261 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/041.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.....................................................................................
+........................................................................................
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Ran 85 tests
+Ran 88 tests
 
 OK