diff --git a/block/qcow2-dedup.c b/block/qcow2-dedup.c
index 4305746..dd320bf 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-dedup.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-dedup.c
@@ -1166,6 +1166,130 @@ static int qcow2_drop_to_dedup_hashes(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static bool qcow2_try_dedup_on_disk_cluster(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                            QcowPersistantHash *phash,
+                                            uint64_t index,
+                                            uint64_t physical_sect)
+{
+    BDRVQcowState *s = bs->opaque;
+    uint8_t *data;
+    int ret = 0;
+    bool result = false;
+
+    data = qemu_blockalign(bs, s->cluster_size);
+
+    /* read the cluster data from disk */
+    ret = bdrv_pread(bs->file, physical_sect << 9, data, s->cluster_size);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    /* force computation of the hash */
+    phash->reuse = false;
+
+    ret = qcow2_try_dedup_cluster(bs,
+                                  phash,
+                                  index * s->cluster_sectors,
+                                  data,
+                                  0);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    /* cluster was deduplicated -> result is true */
+    if (ret) {
+        result = true;
+    }
+
+exit:
+   qemu_vfree(data);
+   return result;
+}
+
+static bool qcow2_process_undeduplicated_cluster(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                                 QcowPersistantHash *phash,
+                                                 uint64_t index,
+                                                 uint64_t physical_sect)
+{
+    BDRVQcowState *s = bs->opaque;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    /* not duplicated */
+    ret = qcow2_store_hash(bs, &phash->hash,
+                           index * s->cluster_sectors,
+                           physical_sect);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_printf("Error while storing hash");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* remove the QCOW_OFLAG_TO_DEDUP flag from l2 entry
+     * note: we should take care of setting QCOW_OFLAG_COPIED if needed
+     */
+    ret = qcow2_dedup_link_l2(bs, index * s->cluster_sectors,
+                              physical_sect, true);
+
+    return ret == 0 ? true : false;
+}
+
+static bool qcow2_process_to_dedup_cluster(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                           uint64_t index)
+{
+    QcowPersistantHash phash;
+    bool to_dedup, deduplicated;
+    uint64_t physical_sect;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    to_dedup = qcow2_is_cluster_to_dedup(bs, index, &physical_sect, &ret);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_printf("Error checking if cluster must be deduplicated");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!to_dedup) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    deduplicated = qcow2_try_dedup_on_disk_cluster(bs,
+                                                   &phash,
+                                                   index,
+                                                   physical_sect);
+
+    if (deduplicated) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    qcow2_process_undeduplicated_cluster(bs,
+                                         &phash,
+                                         index,
+                                         physical_sect);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* This function try to deduplicate clusters written when dedup was not running.
+ */
+static void qcow2_deduplicate_after_resuming(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    BDRVQcowState *s = bs->opaque;
+    uint64_t i;
+    bool processed;
+
+    /* for each l2 entry */
+    for (i = 0; i < s->l2_size * s->l1_size; i++) {
+        qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->lock);
+        processed = qcow2_process_to_dedup_cluster(bs, i);
+        qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
+        if (processed || !(i % s->l2_size)) {
+            co_sleep_ns(rt_clock, s->dedup_co_delay);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * This coroutine resume deduplication
  *
@@ -1194,6 +1318,8 @@ static void coroutine_fn qcow2_co_dedup_resume(void *opaque)
     s->dedup_status = QCOW_DEDUP_STARTED;
     qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
 
+    qcow2_deduplicate_after_resuming(bs);
+
     return;
 
 fail:
