diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index eb5ea48..d46ca70 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ int qcow2_backing_read1(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
     else
         n1 = bs->total_sectors - sector_num;
 
-    qemu_iovec_memset_skip(qiov, 0, 512 * (nb_sectors - n1), 512 * n1);
+    qemu_iovec_memset(qiov, 512 * n1, 0, 512 * (nb_sectors - n1));
 
     return n1;
 }
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow2_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                 }
             } else {
                 /* Note: in this case, no need to wait */
-                qemu_iovec_memset(&hd_qiov, 0, 512 * cur_nr_sectors);
+                qemu_iovec_memset(&hd_qiov, 0, 0, 512 * cur_nr_sectors);
             }
         } else if (cluster_offset & QCOW_OFLAG_COMPRESSED) {
             /* add AIO support for compressed blocks ? */
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index a041d31..6f9325b 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static void qed_read_backing_file(BDRVQEDState *s, uint64_t pos,
     /* Zero all sectors if reading beyond the end of the backing file */
     if (pos >= backing_length ||
         pos + qiov->size > backing_length) {
-        qemu_iovec_memset(qiov, 0, qiov->size);
+        qemu_iovec_memset(qiov, 0, 0, qiov->size);
     }
 
     /* Complete now if there are no backing file sectors to read */
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static void qed_aio_read_data(void *opaque, int ret,
 
     /* Handle zero cluster and backing file reads */
     if (ret == QED_CLUSTER_ZERO) {
-        qemu_iovec_memset(&acb->cur_qiov, 0, acb->cur_qiov.size);
+        qemu_iovec_memset(&acb->cur_qiov, 0, 0, acb->cur_qiov.size);
         qed_aio_next_io(acb, 0);
         return;
     } else if (ret != QED_CLUSTER_FOUND) {
diff --git a/cutils.c b/cutils.c
index af308cd..53ff825 100644
--- a/cutils.c
+++ b/cutils.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "iov.h"
 
 void pstrcpy(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *str)
 {
@@ -260,47 +261,10 @@ void qemu_iovec_from_buffer(QEMUIOVector *qiov, const void *buf, size_t count)
     }
 }
 
-void qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, int c, size_t count)
+size_t qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
+                         int c, size_t bytes)
 {
-    size_t n;
-    int i;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < qiov->niov && count; ++i) {
-        n = MIN(count, qiov->iov[i].iov_len);
-        memset(qiov->iov[i].iov_base, c, n);
-        count -= n;
-    }
-}
-
-void qemu_iovec_memset_skip(QEMUIOVector *qiov, int c, size_t count,
-                            size_t skip)
-{
-    int i;
-    size_t done;
-    void *iov_base;
-    uint64_t iov_len;
-
-    done = 0;
-    for (i = 0; (i < qiov->niov) && (done != count); i++) {
-        if (skip >= qiov->iov[i].iov_len) {
-            /* Skip the whole iov */
-            skip -= qiov->iov[i].iov_len;
-            continue;
-        } else {
-            /* Skip only part (or nothing) of the iov */
-            iov_base = (uint8_t*) qiov->iov[i].iov_base + skip;
-            iov_len = qiov->iov[i].iov_len - skip;
-            skip = 0;
-        }
-
-        if (done + iov_len > count) {
-            memset(iov_base, c, count - done);
-            break;
-        } else {
-            memset(iov_base, c, iov_len);
-        }
-        done += iov_len;
-    }
+    return iov_memset(qiov->iov, qiov->niov, offset, c, bytes);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/linux-aio.c b/linux-aio.c
index d2fc2e7..5a46c13 100644
--- a/linux-aio.c
+++ b/linux-aio.c
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ static void qemu_laio_process_completion(struct qemu_laio_state *s,
         } else if (ret >= 0) {
             /* Short reads mean EOF, pad with zeros. */
             if (laiocb->is_read) {
-                qemu_iovec_memset_skip(laiocb->qiov, 0,
-                    laiocb->qiov->size - ret, ret);
+                qemu_iovec_memset(laiocb->qiov, ret, 0,
+                    laiocb->qiov->size - ret);
             } else {
                 ret = -EINVAL;
             }
diff --git a/posix-aio-compat.c b/posix-aio-compat.c
index d311d13..1ab4a18 100644
--- a/posix-aio-compat.c
+++ b/posix-aio-compat.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "block_int.h"
+#include "iov.h"
 
 #include "block/raw-posix-aio.h"
 
@@ -351,11 +352,8 @@ static void *aio_thread(void *unused)
             if (ret >= 0 && ret < aiocb->aio_nbytes && aiocb->common.bs->growable) {
                 /* A short read means that we have reached EOF. Pad the buffer
                  * with zeros for bytes after EOF. */
-                QEMUIOVector qiov;
-
-                qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, aiocb->aio_iov,
-                                         aiocb->aio_niov);
-                qemu_iovec_memset_skip(&qiov, 0, aiocb->aio_nbytes - ret, ret);
+                iov_memset(aiocb->aio_iov, aiocb->aio_niov, ret,
+                           0, aiocb->aio_nbytes - ret);
 
                 ret = aiocb->aio_nbytes;
             }
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index dbfce6f..90f17fe 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -340,9 +340,8 @@ void qemu_iovec_destroy(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
 void qemu_iovec_reset(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
 void qemu_iovec_to_buffer(QEMUIOVector *qiov, void *buf);
 void qemu_iovec_from_buffer(QEMUIOVector *qiov, const void *buf, size_t count);
-void qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, int c, size_t count);
-void qemu_iovec_memset_skip(QEMUIOVector *qiov, int c, size_t count,
-                            size_t skip);
+size_t qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
+                         int c, size_t bytes);
 
 bool buffer_is_zero(const void *buf, size_t len);
 
