diff --git a/block/copy-before-write.c b/block/copy-before-write.c
index 646d8227a4..b866e42271 100644
--- a/block/copy-before-write.c
+++ b/block/copy-before-write.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static int cbw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     int64_t cluster_size;
     g_autoptr(BlockdevOptions) full_opts = NULL;
     BlockdevOptionsCbw *opts;
+    AioContext *ctx;
     int ret;
 
     full_opts = cbw_parse_options(options, errp);
@@ -432,11 +433,15 @@ static int cbw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
+    ctx = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
+    aio_context_acquire(ctx);
+
     if (opts->bitmap) {
         bitmap = block_dirty_bitmap_lookup(opts->bitmap->node,
                                            opts->bitmap->name, NULL, errp);
         if (!bitmap) {
-            return -EINVAL;
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto out;
         }
     }
     s->on_cbw_error = opts->has_on_cbw_error ? opts->on_cbw_error :
@@ -454,21 +459,24 @@ static int cbw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     s->bcs = block_copy_state_new(bs->file, s->target, bitmap, errp);
     if (!s->bcs) {
         error_prepend(errp, "Cannot create block-copy-state: ");
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     cluster_size = block_copy_cluster_size(s->bcs);
 
     s->done_bitmap = bdrv_create_dirty_bitmap(bs, cluster_size, NULL, errp);
     if (!s->done_bitmap) {
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
     }
     bdrv_disable_dirty_bitmap(s->done_bitmap);
 
     /* s->access_bitmap starts equal to bcs bitmap */
     s->access_bitmap = bdrv_create_dirty_bitmap(bs, cluster_size, NULL, errp);
     if (!s->access_bitmap) {
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
     }
     bdrv_disable_dirty_bitmap(s->access_bitmap);
     bdrv_dirty_bitmap_merge_internal(s->access_bitmap,
@@ -478,7 +486,10 @@ static int cbw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     qemu_co_mutex_init(&s->lock);
     QLIST_INIT(&s->frozen_read_reqs);
 
-    return 0;
+    ret = 0;
+out:
+    aio_context_release(ctx);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void cbw_close(BlockDriverState *bs)