diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/229 b/tests/qemu-iotests/229
index 866168b236..99acb55ebb 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/229
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/229
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ _cleanup()
     _cleanup_test_img
     _rm_test_img "$TEST_IMG"
     _rm_test_img "$DEST_IMG"
+    rm -f "$TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf"
 }
 trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
@@ -49,11 +50,10 @@ _supported_os Linux
 
 DEST_IMG="$TEST_DIR/d.$IMGFMT"
 TEST_IMG="$TEST_DIR/b.$IMGFMT"
+BLKDEBUG_CONF="$TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf"
 
 _make_test_img 2M
-
-# destination for mirror will be too small, causing error
-TEST_IMG=$DEST_IMG _make_test_img 1M
+TEST_IMG=$DEST_IMG _make_test_img 2M
 
 $QEMU_IO -c 'write 0 2M' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 
@@ -67,11 +67,18 @@ echo
 echo '=== Starting drive-mirror, causing error & stop  ==='
 echo
 
+cat > "$BLKDEBUG_CONF" <<EOF
+[inject-error]
+event = "write_aio"
+errno = "5"
+once = "on"
+EOF
+
 _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
     "{'execute': 'drive-mirror',
                  'arguments': {'device': 'testdisk',
                                'format': '$IMGFMT',
-                               'target': '$DEST_IMG',
+                               'target': 'blkdebug:$BLKDEBUG_CONF:$DEST_IMG',
                                'sync':   'full',
                                'mode':   'existing',
                                'on-source-error': 'stop',
@@ -90,7 +97,8 @@ success_or_failure="y" _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
                  'arguments': { 'device': 'testdisk',
                                 'force': true}}" \
      "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED" "Assertion" \
-    | grep -v '"BLOCK_JOB_ERROR"'
+    | grep -v '"BLOCK_JOB_ERROR"' \
+    | _filter_block_job_offset
 
 # success, all done
 echo "*** done"
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/229.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/229.out
index 22350d75d7..4de6dfaa28 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/229.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/229.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 QA output created by 229
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/b.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=2097152
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/d.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1048576
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/d.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=2097152
 wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 {'execute': 'qmp_capabilities'}
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 
 === Starting drive-mirror, causing error & stop  ===
 
-{'execute': 'drive-mirror', 'arguments': {'device': 'testdisk', 'format': 'IMGFMT', 'target': 'TEST_DIR/d.IMGFMT', 'sync': 'full', 'mode': 'existing', 'on-source-error': 'stop', 'on-target-error': 'stop' }}
+{'execute': 'drive-mirror', 'arguments': {'device': 'testdisk', 'format': 'IMGFMT', 'target': 'blkdebug:TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf:TEST_DIR/d.IMGFMT', 'sync': 'full', 'mode': 'existing', 'on-source-error': 'stop', 'on-target-error': 'stop' }}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "created", "id": "testdisk"}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "running", "id": "testdisk"}}
 {"return": {}}
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "running", "id": "testdisk"}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "aborting", "id": "testdisk"}}
-{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED", "data": {"device": "testdisk", "len": 2097152, "offset": 1048576, "speed": 0, "type": "mirror"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED", "data": {"device": "testdisk", "len": 2097152, "offset": OFFSET, "speed": 0, "type": "mirror"}}
 *** done