diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/194 b/tests/qemu-iotests/194
index e44b8df728..68894371f5 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/194
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/194
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ with iotests.FilePath('source.img') as source_img_path, \
      iotests.VM('dest') as dest_vm:
 
     img_size = '1G'
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, source_img_path, img_size)
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, dest_img_path, img_size)
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, source_img_path, img_size)
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, dest_img_path, img_size)
 
     iotests.log('Launching VMs...')
     (source_vm.add_drive(source_img_path)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/202 b/tests/qemu-iotests/202
index 8eb5f32d15..b784dcd791 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/202
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/202
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ with iotests.FilePath('disk0.img') as disk0_img_path, \
      iotests.VM() as vm:
 
     img_size = '10M'
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk0_img_path, img_size)
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk1_img_path, img_size)
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk0_img_path, img_size)
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk1_img_path, img_size)
 
     iotests.log('Launching VM...')
     vm.launch()
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/203 b/tests/qemu-iotests/203
index ea30e50497..ab80fd0e44 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/203
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/203
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ with iotests.FilePath('disk0.img') as disk0_img_path, \
      iotests.VM() as vm:
 
     img_size = '10M'
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk0_img_path, img_size)
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk1_img_path, img_size)
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk0_img_path, img_size)
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk1_img_path, img_size)
 
     iotests.log('Launching VM...')
     (vm.add_object('iothread,id=iothread0')
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/234 b/tests/qemu-iotests/234
index cb5f1753e0..a9f764bb2c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/234
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/234
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ with iotests.FilePath('img') as img_path, \
      iotests.VM(path_suffix='a') as vm_a, \
      iotests.VM(path_suffix='b') as vm_b:
 
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, backing_path, '64M')
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, img_path, '64M')
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, backing_path, '64M')
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, img_path, '64M')
 
     os.mkfifo(fifo_a)
     os.mkfifo(fifo_b)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/262 b/tests/qemu-iotests/262
index 32d69988ef..2294fd5ecb 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/262
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/262
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ with iotests.FilePath('img') as img_path, \
 
         vm.add_device('virtio-blk,drive=%s,iothread=iothread0' % root)
 
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, img_path, '64M')
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, img_path, '64M')
 
     os.mkfifo(fifo)
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/303 b/tests/qemu-iotests/303
index 16c2e10827..93aa5ce9b7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/303
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/303
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def create_bitmap(bitmap_number, disabled):
     if disabled:
         args.append('--disable')
 
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe(*args)
+    iotests.qemu_img(*args)
 
 
 def write_to_disk(offset, size):