diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 4745712..124f045 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -328,6 +328,13 @@ void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv)
         }
     }
 
+    if (bdrv->bdrv_create) {
+        assert(!bdrv->bdrv_create2 && !bdrv->create_opts);
+        assert(!bdrv->bdrv_amend_options2);
+    } else if (bdrv->bdrv_create2) {
+        assert(!bdrv->bdrv_create && !bdrv->create_options);
+        assert(!bdrv->bdrv_amend_options);
+    }
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&bdrv_drivers, bdrv, list);
 }
 
@@ -419,6 +426,7 @@ typedef struct CreateCo {
     BlockDriver *drv;
     char *filename;
     QEMUOptionParameter *options;
+    QemuOpts *opts;
     int ret;
     Error *err;
 } CreateCo;
@@ -430,8 +438,28 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_create_co_entry(void *opaque)
 
     CreateCo *cco = opaque;
     assert(cco->drv);
+    assert(!(cco->options && cco->opts));
 
-    ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->options, &local_err);
+    if (cco->drv->bdrv_create2) {
+        QemuOptsList *opts_list = NULL;
+        if (cco->options) {
+            opts_list = params_to_opts(cco->options);
+            cco->opts = qemu_opts_create(opts_list, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+        }
+        ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create2(cco->filename, cco->opts, &local_err);
+        if (cco->options) {
+            qemu_opts_del(cco->opts);
+            qemu_opts_free(opts_list);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (cco->opts) {
+            cco->options = opts_to_params(cco->opts);
+        }
+        ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->options, &local_err);
+        if (cco->opts) {
+            free_option_parameters(cco->options);
+        }
+    }
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(&cco->err, local_err);
     }
@@ -439,7 +467,8 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_create_co_entry(void *opaque)
 }
 
 int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options, Error **errp)
+                QEMUOptionParameter *options,
+                QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret;
 
@@ -448,11 +477,12 @@ int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
         .drv = drv,
         .filename = g_strdup(filename),
         .options = options,
+        .opts = opts,
         .ret = NOT_DONE,
         .err = NULL,
     };
 
-    if (!drv->bdrv_create) {
+    if (!drv->bdrv_create && !drv->bdrv_create2) {
         error_setg(errp, "Driver '%s' does not support image creation", drv->format_name);
         ret = -ENOTSUP;
         goto out;
@@ -484,7 +514,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
-                     Error **errp)
+                     QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
@@ -496,7 +526,7 @@ int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
         return -ENOENT;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, options, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, options, opts, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     }
@@ -1184,7 +1214,8 @@ void bdrv_append_temp_snapshot(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     char *tmp_filename = g_malloc0(PATH_MAX + 1);
     int64_t total_size;
     BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow2;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
     QDict *snapshot_options;
     BlockDriverState *bs_snapshot;
     Error *local_err;
@@ -1209,13 +1240,20 @@ void bdrv_append_temp_snapshot(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     }
 
     bdrv_qcow2 = bdrv_find_format("qcow2");
-    create_options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow2->create_options,
-                                             NULL);
-
-    set_option_parameter_int(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
 
-    ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, create_options, &local_err);
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
+    assert(!(bdrv_qcow2->create_options && bdrv_qcow2->create_opts));
+    if (bdrv_qcow2->create_options) {
+        create_opts = params_to_opts(bdrv_qcow2->create_options);
+    } else {
+        create_opts = bdrv_qcow2->create_opts;
+    }
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(create_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
+    ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, NULL, opts, &local_err);
+    qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    if (bdrv_qcow2->create_options) {
+        qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
+    }
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not create temporary overlay "
                          "'%s': %s", tmp_filename,
@@ -5310,8 +5348,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
                      char *options, uint64_t img_size, int flags,
                      Error **errp, bool quiet)
 {
-    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *backing_fmt, *backing_file, *size;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
+    const char *backing_fmt, *backing_file;
+    int64_t size;
     BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
     BlockDriver *backing_drv = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
@@ -5330,28 +5370,25 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
         return;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, drv->create_opts,
+                                   drv->create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, proto_drv->create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->create_options);
 
     /* Create parameter list with default values */
-    param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
-
-    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(create_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
 
     /* Parse -o options */
     if (options) {
-        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
-        if (param == NULL) {
+        if (qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
             error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'.", fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
     if (base_filename) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-                                 base_filename)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
                        fmt);
             goto out;
@@ -5359,37 +5396,37 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
     }
 
     if (base_fmt) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file format not supported for file "
                              "format '%s'", fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    backing_file = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
-    if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
-        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file->value.s)) {
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    if (backing_file) {
+        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Error: Trying to create an image with the "
                              "same filename as the backing file");
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    backing_fmt = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
-    if (backing_fmt && backing_fmt->value.s) {
-        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt->value.s);
+    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+    if (backing_fmt) {
+        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt);
         if (!backing_drv) {
             error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'",
-                       backing_fmt->value.s);
+                       backing_fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
     // The size for the image must always be specified, with one exception:
     // If we are using a backing file, we can obtain the size from there
-    size = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE);
-    if (size && size->value.n == -1) {
-        if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
+    size = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    if (size == -1) {
+        if (backing_file) {
             BlockDriverState *bs;
             uint64_t size;
             char buf[32];
@@ -5400,11 +5437,11 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
                 flags & ~(BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_SNAPSHOT | BDRV_O_NO_BACKING);
 
             bs = NULL;
-            ret = bdrv_open(&bs, backing_file->value.s, NULL, NULL, back_flags,
+            ret = bdrv_open(&bs, backing_file, NULL, NULL, back_flags,
                             backing_drv, &local_err);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not open '%s': %s",
-                                 backing_file->value.s,
+                                 backing_file,
                                  error_get_pretty(local_err));
                 error_free(local_err);
                 local_err = NULL;
@@ -5414,7 +5451,7 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
             size *= 512;
 
             snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%" PRId64, size);
-            set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, buf);
+            qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, size);
 
             bdrv_unref(bs);
         } else {
@@ -5425,16 +5462,18 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
 
     if (!quiet) {
         printf("Formatting '%s', fmt=%s ", filename, fmt);
-        print_option_parameters(param);
+        qemu_opts_print(opts);
         puts("");
     }
-    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, param, &local_err);
+
+    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, NULL, opts, &local_err);
+
     if (ret == -EFBIG) {
         /* This is generally a better message than whatever the driver would
          * deliver (especially because of the cluster_size_hint), since that
          * is most probably not much different from "image too large". */
         const char *cluster_size_hint = "";
-        if (get_option_parameter(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0)) {
             cluster_size_hint = " (try using a larger cluster size)";
         }
         error_setg(errp, "The image size is too large for file format '%s'"
@@ -5444,9 +5483,8 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
     }
 
 out:
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(param);
-
+    qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     }
@@ -5464,12 +5502,36 @@ void bdrv_add_before_write_notifier(BlockDriverState *bs,
     notifier_with_return_list_add(&bs->before_write_notifiers, notifier);
 }
 
-int bdrv_amend_options(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+int bdrv_amend_options(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
+                       QemuOpts *opts)
 {
-    if (bs->drv->bdrv_amend_options == NULL) {
+    int ret;
+    assert(!(options && opts));
+
+    if (!bs->drv->bdrv_amend_options && !bs->drv->bdrv_amend_options2) {
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
-    return bs->drv->bdrv_amend_options(bs, options);
+    if (bs->drv->bdrv_amend_options2) {
+        QemuOptsList *opts_list = NULL;
+        if (options) {
+            opts_list = params_to_opts(options);
+            opts = qemu_opts_create(opts_list, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+        }
+        ret = bs->drv->bdrv_amend_options2(bs, opts);
+        if (options) {
+            qemu_opts_del(opts);
+            qemu_opts_free(opts_list);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (opts) {
+            options = opts_to_params(opts);
+        }
+        ret = bs->drv->bdrv_amend_options(bs, options);
+        if (opts) {
+            free_option_parameters(options);
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 /* This function will be called by the bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter method
diff --git a/block/cow.c b/block/cow.c
index 30deb88..26cf4a5 100644
--- a/block/cow.c
+++ b/block/cow.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
         options++;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return ret;
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index d5a7d5f..9411aef 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
         options++;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return ret;
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index e903d97..49985e3 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret;
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return ret;
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index c130e42..2982640 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int qed_create(const char *filename, uint32_t cluster_size,
     int ret = 0;
     BlockDriverState *bs;
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return ret;
diff --git a/block/raw_bsd.c b/block/raw_bsd.c
index 01ea692..9ae5fc2 100644
--- a/block/raw_bsd.c
+++ b/block/raw_bsd.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret;
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, NULL, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     }
diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index 509baaf..a9fcf6b 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ static int vhdx_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
     block_size = block_size > VHDX_BLOCK_SIZE_MAX ? VHDX_BLOCK_SIZE_MAX :
                                                     block_size;
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto exit;
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 06a1f9f..3802863 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int vmdk_create_extent(const char *filename, int64_t filesize,
     uint32_t *gd_buf = NULL;
     int gd_buf_size;
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto exit;
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
     if (!split && !flat) {
         desc_offset = 0x200;
     } else {
-        ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, &local_err);
+        ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options, NULL, &local_err);
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not create image file");
             goto exit;
diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index c3af7ff..155fc9b 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -2926,7 +2926,7 @@ static int enable_write_target(BDRVVVFATState *s)
     set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, s->sector_count * 512);
     set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "fat:");
 
-    ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, options, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, options, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
         error_free(local_err);
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index c12808a..bfa2192 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name,
                                           bool readonly);
 int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options, Error **errp);
+    QEMUOptionParameter *options, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
 int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
-                     Error **errp);
+                     QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(const char *device_name, Error **errp);
 void bdrv_make_anon(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_swap(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_old);
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ typedef enum {
 
 int bdrv_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *res, BdrvCheckMode fix);
 
-int bdrv_amend_options(BlockDriverState *bs_new, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
+int bdrv_amend_options(BlockDriverState *bs_new, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
+                       QemuOpts *opts);
 
 /* external snapshots */
 bool bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(BlockDriverState *bs,
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index cd5bc73..59875db 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ struct BlockDriver {
     void (*bdrv_rebind)(BlockDriverState *bs);
     int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
                        Error **errp);
+    /* FIXME: will remove the duplicate and rename back to bdrv_create later */
+    int (*bdrv_create2)(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
     int (*bdrv_set_key)(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *key);
     int (*bdrv_make_empty)(BlockDriverState *bs);
     /* aio */
@@ -217,7 +219,12 @@ struct BlockDriver {
 
     /* List of options for creating images, terminated by name == NULL */
     QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
-
+    /* FIXME: will replace create_options.
+     * These two fields are mutually exclusive. At most one is non-NULL.
+     * create_options should only be set with bdrv_create, and create_opts
+     * should only be set with bdrv_create2.
+     */
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts;
 
     /*
      * Returns 0 for completed check, -errno for internal errors.
@@ -228,6 +235,10 @@ struct BlockDriver {
 
     int (*bdrv_amend_options)(BlockDriverState *bs,
         QEMUOptionParameter *options);
+    /* FIXME: will remove the duplicate and rename back to
+     * bdrv_amend_options later
+     */
+    int (*bdrv_amend_options2)(BlockDriverState *bs, QemuOpts *opts);
 
     void (*bdrv_debug_event)(BlockDriverState *bs, BlkDebugEvent event);
 
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 968b4c8..14d3acd 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int read_password(char *buf, int buf_size)
 static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
 
     /* Find driver and parse its options */
     drv = bdrv_find_format(fmt);
@@ -258,21 +258,20 @@ static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, drv->create_opts,
+                                   drv->create_options);
     if (filename) {
         proto_drv = bdrv_find_protocol(filename, true);
         if (!proto_drv) {
             error_report("Unknown protocol '%s'", filename);
             return 1;
         }
-        create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                                  proto_drv->create_options);
+        create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, proto_drv->create_opts,
+                                       proto_drv->create_options);
     }
 
-    print_option_help(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
+    qemu_opts_print_help(create_opts);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -326,19 +325,19 @@ fail:
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QEMUOptionParameter *list,
+static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QemuOpts *opts,
                                  const char *base_filename,
                                  const char *base_fmt)
 {
     if (base_filename) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
             error_report("Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
                          fmt);
             return -1;
         }
     }
     if (base_fmt) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
             error_report("Backing file format not supported for file "
                          "format '%s'", fmt);
             return -1;
@@ -1169,8 +1168,9 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
     size_t bufsectors = IO_BUF_SIZE / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     const uint8_t *buf1;
     BlockDriverInfo bdi;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    const char *out_baseimg_param;
     char *options = NULL;
     const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
     int min_sparse = 8; /* Need at least 4k of zeros for sparse detection */
@@ -1359,40 +1359,36 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, drv->create_opts,
+                                   drv->create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, proto_drv->create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->create_options);
 
-    if (options) {
-        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
-        if (param == NULL) {
-            error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'.", out_fmt);
-            ret = -1;
-            goto out;
-        }
-    } else {
-        param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(create_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    if (options && qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL)) {
+        error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'.", out_fmt);
+        ret = -1;
+        goto out;
     }
 
-    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
-    ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, param, out_baseimg, NULL);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
+    ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, opts, out_baseimg, NULL);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out;
     }
 
     /* Get backing file name if -o backing_file was used */
-    out_baseimg_param = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    out_baseimg_param = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
     if (out_baseimg_param) {
-        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param->value.s;
+        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param;
     }
 
     /* Check if compression is supported */
     if (compress) {
-        QEMUOptionParameter *encryption =
-            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT);
-        QEMUOptionParameter *preallocation =
-            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+        bool encryption =
+            qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, false);
+        const char *preallocation =
+            qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
 
         if (!drv->bdrv_write_compressed) {
             error_report("Compression not supported for this file format");
@@ -1400,15 +1396,15 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
             goto out;
         }
 
-        if (encryption && encryption->value.n) {
+        if (encryption) {
             error_report("Compression and encryption not supported at "
                          "the same time");
             ret = -1;
             goto out;
         }
 
-        if (preallocation && preallocation->value.s
-            && strcmp(preallocation->value.s, "off"))
+        if (preallocation
+            && strcmp(preallocation, "off"))
         {
             error_report("Compression and preallocation not supported at "
                          "the same time");
@@ -1419,7 +1415,7 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (!skip_create) {
         /* Create the new image */
-        ret = bdrv_create(drv, out_filename, param, &local_err);
+        ret = bdrv_create(drv, out_filename, NULL, opts, &local_err);
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_report("%s: error while converting %s: %s",
                          out_filename, out_fmt, error_get_pretty(local_err));
@@ -1683,8 +1679,8 @@ out:
         qemu_progress_print(100, 0);
     }
     qemu_progress_end();
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(param);
+    qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
     qemu_vfree(buf);
     if (sn_opts) {
         qemu_opts_del(sn_opts);
@@ -2675,7 +2671,8 @@ static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int c, ret = 0;
     char *options = NULL;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options = NULL, *options_param = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
     const char *fmt = NULL, *filename;
     bool quiet = false;
     BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
@@ -2746,17 +2743,16 @@ static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-            bs->drv->create_options);
-    options_param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options,
-            options_param);
-    if (options_param == NULL) {
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, bs->drv->create_opts,
+                                   bs->drv->create_options);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(create_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    if (options && qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL)) {
         error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'", fmt);
         ret = -1;
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_amend_options(bs, options_param);
+    ret = bdrv_amend_options(bs, NULL, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_report("Error while amending options: %s", strerror(-ret));
         goto out;
@@ -2766,8 +2762,8 @@ out:
     if (bs) {
         bdrv_unref(bs);
     }
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(options_param);
+    qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
     g_free(options);
 
     if (ret) {
