diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 52ffe1494a..b88ee90817 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1244,13 +1244,17 @@ ro_cleanup:
     return ret;
 }
 
-void bdrv_commit_all(void)
+int bdrv_commit_all(void)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(bs, &bdrv_states, list) {
-        bdrv_commit(bs);
+        int ret = bdrv_commit(bs);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            return ret;
+        }
     }
+    return 0;
 }
 
 struct BdrvTrackedRequest {
diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index 48d0bf3592..415bb17c73 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int64_t bdrv_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_get_geometry(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t *nb_sectors_ptr);
 void bdrv_guess_geometry(BlockDriverState *bs, int *pcyls, int *pheads, int *psecs);
 int bdrv_commit(BlockDriverState *bs);
-void bdrv_commit_all(void);
+int bdrv_commit_all(void);
 int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
     const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt);
 void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv);
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 96a893bed9..0e8666a874 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -627,12 +627,15 @@ void do_commit(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     const char *device = qdict_get_str(qdict, "device");
     BlockDriverState *bs;
+    int ret;
 
     if (!strcmp(device, "all")) {
-        bdrv_commit_all();
+        ret = bdrv_commit_all();
+        if (ret == -EBUSY) {
+            qerror_report(QERR_DEVICE_IN_USE, device);
+            return;
+        }
     } else {
-        int ret;
-
         bs = bdrv_find(device);
         if (!bs) {
             qerror_report(QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, device);