diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
index 166922f..5760ad6 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ int qcow2_grow_l1_table(BlockDriverState *bs, int min_size)
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_GROW_WRITE_TABLE);
     for(i = 0; i < s->l1_size; i++)
         new_l1_table[i] = cpu_to_be64(new_l1_table[i]);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, new_l1_table_offset, new_l1_table, new_l1_size2);
-    if (ret < 0)
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, new_l1_table_offset, new_l1_table, new_l1_size2);
+    if (ret != new_l1_size2)
         goto fail;
     for(i = 0; i < s->l1_size; i++)
         new_l1_table[i] = be64_to_cpu(new_l1_table[i]);
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ int qcow2_grow_l1_table(BlockDriverState *bs, int min_size)
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_GROW_ACTIVATE_TABLE);
     cpu_to_be32w((uint32_t*)data, new_l1_size);
     cpu_to_be64w((uint64_t*)(data + 4), new_l1_table_offset);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, l1_size), data,sizeof(data));
-    if (ret < 0) {
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, l1_size), data,sizeof(data));
+    if (ret != sizeof(data)) {
         goto fail;
     }
     qemu_free(s->l1_table);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int qcow2_grow_l1_table(BlockDriverState *bs, int min_size)
  fail:
     qemu_free(new_l1_table);
     qcow2_free_clusters(bs, new_l1_table_offset, new_l1_size2);
-    return ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
 }
 
 void qcow2_l2_cache_reset(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int write_l1_entry(BlockDriverState *bs, int l1_index)
     }
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_UPDATE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->l1_table_offset + 8 * l1_start_index,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, s->l1_table_offset + 8 * l1_start_index,
         buf, sizeof(buf));
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int l2_allocate(BlockDriverState *bs, int l1_index, uint64_t **table)
     }
     /* write the l2 table to the file */
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L2_ALLOC_WRITE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, l2_offset, l2_table,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, l2_offset, l2_table,
         s->l2_size * sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ static int copy_sectors(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t start_sect,
                         &s->aes_encrypt_key);
     }
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_COW_WRITE);
-    ret = bdrv_write_sync(bs->file, (cluster_offset >> 9) + n_start,
-        s->cluster_data, n);
+    ret = bdrv_write(bs->file, (cluster_offset >> 9) + n_start,
+                     s->cluster_data, n);
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
     return 0;
@@ -631,10 +631,10 @@ uint64_t qcow2_alloc_compressed_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L2_UPDATE_COMPRESSED);
     l2_table[l2_index] = cpu_to_be64(cluster_offset);
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
+    if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file,
                     l2_offset + l2_index * sizeof(uint64_t),
                     l2_table + l2_index,
-                    sizeof(uint64_t)) < 0)
+                    sizeof(uint64_t)) != sizeof(uint64_t))
         return 0;
 
     return cluster_offset;
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static int write_l2_entries(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t *l2_table,
     int ret;
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L2_UPDATE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, l2_offset + start_offset,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, l2_offset + start_offset,
         &l2_table[l2_start_index], len);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
diff --git a/block/qcow2-refcount.c b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
index 4c19e7e..4542068 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-refcount.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ static int write_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs)
     }
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_UPDATE);
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->refcount_block_cache_offset,
-            s->refcount_block_cache, size) < 0)
+    if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, s->refcount_block_cache_offset,
+            s->refcount_block_cache, size) != size)
     {
         return -EIO;
     }
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int64_t alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t cluster_index)
 
     /* Now the new refcount block needs to be written to disk */
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_WRITE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, new_block, s->refcount_block_cache,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, new_block, s->refcount_block_cache,
         s->cluster_size);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail_block;
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static int64_t alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t cluster_index)
     if (refcount_table_index < s->refcount_table_size) {
         uint64_t data64 = cpu_to_be64(new_block);
         BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_HOOKUP);
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file,
             s->refcount_table_offset + refcount_table_index * sizeof(uint64_t),
             &data64, sizeof(data64));
         if (ret < 0) {
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int64_t alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t cluster_index)
 
     /* Write refcount blocks to disk */
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_WRITE_BLOCKS);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, meta_offset, new_blocks,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, meta_offset, new_blocks,
         blocks_clusters * s->cluster_size);
     qemu_free(new_blocks);
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int64_t alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t cluster_index)
     }
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_WRITE_TABLE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, table_offset, new_table,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, table_offset, new_table,
         table_size * sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail_table;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int64_t alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t cluster_index)
     cpu_to_be64w((uint64_t*)data, table_offset);
     cpu_to_be32w((uint32_t*)(data + 8), table_clusters);
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_ALLOC_SWITCH_TABLE);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, refcount_table_offset),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, refcount_table_offset),
         data, sizeof(data));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail_table;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static int write_refcount_block_entries(BlockDriverState *bs,
     size = (last_index - first_index) << REFCOUNT_SHIFT;
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_REFBLOCK_UPDATE_PART);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file,
         refcount_block_offset + (first_index << REFCOUNT_SHIFT),
         &s->refcount_block_cache[first_index], size);
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -826,8 +826,8 @@ int qcow2_update_snapshot_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
                 }
             }
             if (l2_modified) {
-                if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file,
-                                l2_offset, l2_table, l2_size) < 0)
+                if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file,
+                                l2_offset, l2_table, l2_size) != l2_size)
                     goto fail;
             }
 
@@ -850,8 +850,8 @@ int qcow2_update_snapshot_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (l1_modified) {
         for(i = 0; i < l1_size; i++)
             cpu_to_be64s(&l1_table[i]);
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, l1_table_offset, l1_table,
-                        l1_size2) < 0)
+        if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, l1_table_offset, l1_table,
+                        l1_size2) != l1_size2)
             goto fail;
         for(i = 0; i < l1_size; i++)
             be64_to_cpus(&l1_table[i]);
diff --git a/block/qcow2-snapshot.c b/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
index 6228612..2a21c17 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-snapshot.c
@@ -158,25 +158,25 @@ static int qcow_write_snapshots(BlockDriverState *bs)
         h.id_str_size = cpu_to_be16(id_str_size);
         h.name_size = cpu_to_be16(name_size);
         offset = align_offset(offset, 8);
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offset, &h, sizeof(h)) < 0)
+        if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, &h, sizeof(h)) != sizeof(h))
             goto fail;
         offset += sizeof(h);
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offset, sn->id_str, id_str_size) < 0)
+        if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, sn->id_str, id_str_size) != id_str_size)
             goto fail;
         offset += id_str_size;
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offset, sn->name, name_size) < 0)
+        if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offset, sn->name, name_size) != name_size)
             goto fail;
         offset += name_size;
     }
 
     /* update the various header fields */
     data64 = cpu_to_be64(snapshots_offset);
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, snapshots_offset),
-                    &data64, sizeof(data64)) < 0)
+    if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, snapshots_offset),
+                    &data64, sizeof(data64)) != sizeof(data64))
         goto fail;
     data32 = cpu_to_be32(s->nb_snapshots);
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, nb_snapshots),
-                    &data32, sizeof(data32)) < 0)
+    if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, nb_snapshots),
+                    &data32, sizeof(data32)) != sizeof(data32))
         goto fail;
 
     /* free the old snapshot table */
@@ -284,8 +284,9 @@ int qcow2_snapshot_create(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUSnapshotInfo *sn_info)
     for(i = 0; i < s->l1_size; i++) {
         l1_table[i] = cpu_to_be64(s->l1_table[i]);
     }
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, sn->l1_table_offset,
-                    l1_table, s->l1_size * sizeof(uint64_t)) < 0)
+    if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, sn->l1_table_offset,
+                    l1_table, s->l1_size * sizeof(uint64_t)) !=
+        (s->l1_size * sizeof(uint64_t)))
         goto fail;
     qemu_free(l1_table);
     l1_table = NULL;
@@ -334,8 +335,8 @@ int qcow2_snapshot_goto(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *snapshot_id)
     if (bdrv_pread(bs->file, sn->l1_table_offset,
                    s->l1_table, l1_size2) != l1_size2)
         goto fail;
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, s->l1_table_offset,
-                    s->l1_table, l1_size2) < 0)
+    if (bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, s->l1_table_offset,
+                    s->l1_table, l1_size2) != l1_size2)
         goto fail;
     for(i = 0;i < s->l1_size; i++) {
         be64_to_cpus(&s->l1_table[i]);
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index a53014d..a62a010 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static int qcow2_update_ext_header(BlockDriverState *bs,
         backing_file_offset = sizeof(QCowHeader) + offset;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, sizeof(QCowHeader), buf, ext_size);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, sizeof(QCowHeader), buf, ext_size);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -744,13 +744,13 @@ static int qcow2_update_ext_header(BlockDriverState *bs,
     uint64_t be_backing_file_offset = cpu_to_be64(backing_file_offset);
     uint32_t be_backing_file_size = cpu_to_be32(backing_file_len);
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, backing_file_offset),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, backing_file_offset),
         &be_backing_file_offset, sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, backing_file_size),
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, backing_file_size),
         &be_backing_file_size, sizeof(uint32_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto fail;
@@ -1134,8 +1134,8 @@ static int qcow2_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset)
 
     /* write updated header.size */
     offset = cpu_to_be64(offset);
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite_sync(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, size),
-                           &offset, sizeof(uint64_t));
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, offsetof(QCowHeader, size),
+                      &offset, sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
