diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index a392e08..539aa7d 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1841,17 +1841,8 @@ typedef struct DriveBackupState {
     BlockJob *job;
 } DriveBackupState;
 
-static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
-                            const char *target, bool has_format,
-                            const char *format, enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
-                            bool has_mode, enum NewImageMode mode,
-                            bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
-                            bool has_bitmap, const char *bitmap,
-                            bool has_on_source_error,
-                            BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
-                            bool has_on_target_error,
-                            BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
-                            BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp);
+static void do_drive_backup(DriveBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn,
+                            Error **errp);
 
 static void drive_backup_prepare(BlkActionState *common, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -1874,16 +1865,7 @@ static void drive_backup_prepare(BlkActionState *common, Error **errp)
     bdrv_drained_begin(bs);
     state->bs = bs;
 
-    do_drive_backup(backup->has_job_id ? backup->job_id : NULL,
-                    backup->device, backup->target,
-                    backup->has_format, backup->format,
-                    backup->sync,
-                    backup->has_mode, backup->mode,
-                    backup->has_speed, backup->speed,
-                    backup->has_bitmap, backup->bitmap,
-                    backup->has_on_source_error, backup->on_source_error,
-                    backup->has_on_target_error, backup->on_target_error,
-                    common->block_job_txn, &local_err);
+    do_drive_backup(backup, common->block_job_txn, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
@@ -3134,17 +3116,7 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
-static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
-                            const char *target, bool has_format,
-                            const char *format, enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
-                            bool has_mode, enum NewImageMode mode,
-                            bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
-                            bool has_bitmap, const char *bitmap,
-                            bool has_on_source_error,
-                            BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
-                            bool has_on_target_error,
-                            BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
-                            BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp)
+static void do_drive_backup(DriveBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     BlockDriverState *target_bs;
@@ -3156,20 +3128,23 @@ static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
     int flags;
     int64_t size;
 
-    if (!has_speed) {
-        speed = 0;
+    if (!backup->has_speed) {
+        backup->speed = 0;
     }
-    if (!has_on_source_error) {
-        on_source_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
+    if (!backup->has_on_source_error) {
+        backup->on_source_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
     }
-    if (!has_on_target_error) {
-        on_target_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
+    if (!backup->has_on_target_error) {
+        backup->on_target_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
     }
-    if (!has_mode) {
-        mode = NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS;
+    if (!backup->has_mode) {
+        backup->mode = NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS;
+    }
+    if (!backup->has_job_id) {
+        backup->job_id = NULL;
     }
 
-    bs = qmp_get_root_bs(device, errp);
+    bs = qmp_get_root_bs(backup->device, errp);
     if (!bs) {
         return;
     }
@@ -3177,8 +3152,9 @@ static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
     aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
     aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
 
-    if (!has_format) {
-        format = mode == NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING ? NULL : bs->drv->format_name;
+    if (!backup->has_format) {
+        backup->format = backup->mode == NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING ?
+                         NULL : (char*) bs->drv->format_name;
     }
 
     /* Early check to avoid creating target */
@@ -3190,13 +3166,13 @@ static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
 
     /* See if we have a backing HD we can use to create our new image
      * on top of. */
-    if (sync == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP) {
+    if (backup->sync == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP) {
         source = backing_bs(bs);
         if (!source) {
-            sync = MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_FULL;
+            backup->sync = MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_FULL;
         }
     }
-    if (sync == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE) {
+    if (backup->sync == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE) {
         source = bs;
     }
 
@@ -3206,14 +3182,14 @@ static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (mode != NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING) {
-        assert(format);
+    if (backup->mode != NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING) {
+        assert(backup->format);
         if (source) {
-            bdrv_img_create(target, format, source->filename,
+            bdrv_img_create(backup->target, backup->format, source->filename,
                             source->drv->format_name, NULL,
                             size, flags, &local_err, false);
         } else {
-            bdrv_img_create(target, format, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            bdrv_img_create(backup->target, backup->format, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                             size, flags, &local_err, false);
         }
     }
@@ -3223,29 +3199,29 @@ static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (format) {
+    if (backup->format) {
         options = qdict_new();
-        qdict_put(options, "driver", qstring_from_str(format));
+        qdict_put(options, "driver", qstring_from_str(backup->format));
     }
 
-    target_bs = bdrv_open(target, NULL, options, flags, errp);
+    target_bs = bdrv_open(backup->target, NULL, options, flags, errp);
     if (!target_bs) {
         goto out;
     }
 
     bdrv_set_aio_context(target_bs, aio_context);
 
-    if (has_bitmap) {
-        bmap = bdrv_find_dirty_bitmap(bs, bitmap);
+    if (backup->has_bitmap) {
+        bmap = bdrv_find_dirty_bitmap(bs, backup->bitmap);
         if (!bmap) {
-            error_setg(errp, "Bitmap '%s' could not be found", bitmap);
+            error_setg(errp, "Bitmap '%s' could not be found", backup->bitmap);
             bdrv_unref(target_bs);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    backup_start(job_id, bs, target_bs, speed, sync, bmap,
-                 on_source_error, on_target_error,
+    backup_start(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed, backup->sync,
+                 bmap, backup->on_source_error, backup->on_target_error,
                  block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
     bdrv_unref(target_bs);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
@@ -3257,24 +3233,9 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
-void qmp_drive_backup(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id,
-                      const char *device, const char *target,
-                      bool has_format, const char *format,
-                      enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
-                      bool has_mode, enum NewImageMode mode,
-                      bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
-                      bool has_bitmap, const char *bitmap,
-                      bool has_on_source_error, BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
-                      bool has_on_target_error, BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
-                      Error **errp)
+void qmp_drive_backup(DriveBackup *arg, Error **errp)
 {
-    return do_drive_backup(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, device, target,
-                           has_format, format, sync,
-                           has_mode, mode, has_speed, speed,
-                           has_bitmap, bitmap,
-                           has_on_source_error, on_source_error,
-                           has_on_target_error, on_target_error,
-                           NULL, errp);
+    return do_drive_backup(arg, NULL, errp);
 }
 
 BlockDeviceInfoList *qmp_query_named_block_nodes(Error **errp)
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index cc2056e..3c06200 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1109,8 +1109,16 @@ void hmp_drive_backup(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     const char *format = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "format");
     bool reuse = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "reuse", false);
     bool full = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "full", false);
-    enum NewImageMode mode;
     Error *err = NULL;
+    DriveBackup backup = {
+        .device = (char *)device,
+        .target = (char *)filename,
+        .has_format = !!format,
+        .format = (char *)format,
+        .sync = full ? MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_FULL : MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP,
+        .has_mode = true,
+        .mode = reuse ? NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING : NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS,
+    };
 
     if (!filename) {
         error_setg(&err, QERR_MISSING_PARAMETER, "target");
@@ -1118,16 +1126,7 @@ void hmp_drive_backup(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (reuse) {
-        mode = NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING;
-    } else {
-        mode = NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS;
-    }
-
-    qmp_drive_backup(false, NULL, device, filename, !!format, format,
-                     full ? MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_FULL : MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP,
-                     true, mode, false, 0, false, NULL,
-                     false, 0, false, 0, &err);
+    qmp_drive_backup(&backup, &err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
 
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index fba1718..2bc51df 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -1091,7 +1091,8 @@
 #
 # Since 1.6
 ##
-{ 'command': 'drive-backup', 'data': 'DriveBackup' }
+{ 'command': 'drive-backup', 'boxed': true,
+  'data': 'DriveBackup' }
 
 ##
 # @blockdev-backup
