diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/110 b/tests/qemu-iotests/110
index f78df0e6e1..139c02c2cf 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/110
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/110
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ echo
 # Across blkdebug without a config file, you cannot reconstruct filenames, so
 # qemu is incapable of knowing the directory of the top image from the filename
 # alone. However, using bdrv_dirname(), it should still work.
+# (Filter out the json:{} filename so this test works with external data files)
 TEST_IMG="json:{
     'driver': '$IMGFMT',
     'file': {
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ TEST_IMG="json:{
             }
         ]
     }
-}" _img_info | _filter_img_info | grep -v 'backing file format'
+}" _img_info | _filter_img_info | grep -v 'backing file format' \
+    | _filter_json_filename
 
 echo
 echo '=== Backing name is always relative to the backed image ==='
@@ -114,7 +116,8 @@ TEST_IMG="json:{
             }
         ]
     }
-}" _img_info | _filter_img_info | grep -v 'backing file format'
+}" _img_info | _filter_img_info | grep -v 'backing file format' \
+    | _filter_json_filename
 
 
 # success, all done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/110.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/110.out
index f60b26390e..f835553a99 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/110.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/110.out
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ backing file: t.IMGFMT.base (actual path: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base)
 
 === Non-reconstructable filename ===
 
-image: json:{"driver": "IMGFMT", "file": {"set-state.0.event": "read_aio", "image": {"driver": "file", "filename": "TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT"}, "driver": "blkdebug", "set-state.0.new_state": 42}}
+image: json:{ /* filtered */ }
 file format: IMGFMT
 virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 backing file: t.IMGFMT.base (actual path: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file=t.IMGFMT.b
 
 === Nodes without a common directory ===
 
-image: json:{"driver": "IMGFMT", "file": {"children": [{"driver": "file", "filename": "TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT"}, {"driver": "file", "filename": "TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.copy"}], "driver": "quorum", "vote-threshold": 1}}
+image: json:{ /* filtered */ }
 file format: IMGFMT
 virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 backing file: t.IMGFMT.base (cannot determine actual path)