diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index ded1326..d57cb0c 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3946,13 +3946,22 @@ BlockJobInfoList *qmp_query_block_jobs(Error **errp)
     BlockJob *job;
 
     for (job = block_job_next(NULL); job; job = block_job_next(job)) {
-        BlockJobInfoList *elem = g_new0(BlockJobInfoList, 1);
-        AioContext *aio_context = blk_get_aio_context(job->blk);
+        BlockJobInfoList *elem;
+        AioContext *aio_context;
 
+        if (block_job_is_internal(job)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        elem = g_new0(BlockJobInfoList, 1);
+        aio_context = blk_get_aio_context(job->blk);
         aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
-        elem->value = block_job_query(job);
+        elem->value = block_job_query(job, errp);
         aio_context_release(aio_context);
-
+        if (!elem->value) {
+            g_free(elem);
+            qapi_free_BlockJobInfoList(head);
+            return NULL;
+        }
         *p_next = elem;
         p_next = &elem->next;
     }
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 422851f..84d4f75 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ BlockJob *block_job_get(const char *id)
     BlockJob *job;
 
     QLIST_FOREACH(job, &block_jobs, job_list) {
-        if (!strcmp(id, job->id)) {
+        if (job->id && !strcmp(id, job->id)) {
             return job;
         }
     }
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
     return job;
 }
 
+bool block_job_is_internal(BlockJob *job)
+{
+    return (job->id == NULL);
+}
+
 void block_job_ref(BlockJob *job)
 {
     ++job->refcnt;
@@ -330,6 +335,8 @@ void block_job_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
 
 void block_job_complete(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
 {
+    /* Should not be reachable via external interface for internal jobs */
+    assert(job->id);
     if (job->pause_count || job->cancelled || !job->driver->complete) {
         error_setg(errp, "The active block job '%s' cannot be completed",
                    job->id);
@@ -510,9 +517,15 @@ void block_job_yield(BlockJob *job)
     block_job_pause_point(job);
 }
 
-BlockJobInfo *block_job_query(BlockJob *job)
+BlockJobInfo *block_job_query(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
 {
-    BlockJobInfo *info = g_new0(BlockJobInfo, 1);
+    BlockJobInfo *info;
+
+    if (block_job_is_internal(job)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot query QEMU internal jobs");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    info = g_new0(BlockJobInfo, 1);
     info->type      = g_strdup(BlockJobType_lookup[job->driver->job_type]);
     info->device    = g_strdup(job->id);
     info->len       = job->len;
@@ -535,6 +548,10 @@ static void block_job_iostatus_set_err(BlockJob *job, int error)
 
 void block_job_event_cancelled(BlockJob *job)
 {
+    if (block_job_is_internal(job)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     qapi_event_send_block_job_cancelled(job->driver->job_type,
                                         job->id,
                                         job->len,
@@ -545,6 +562,10 @@ void block_job_event_cancelled(BlockJob *job)
 
 void block_job_event_completed(BlockJob *job, const char *msg)
 {
+    if (block_job_is_internal(job)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     qapi_event_send_block_job_completed(job->driver->job_type,
                                         job->id,
                                         job->len,
@@ -559,6 +580,10 @@ void block_job_event_ready(BlockJob *job)
 {
     job->ready = true;
 
+    if (block_job_is_internal(job)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     qapi_event_send_block_job_ready(job->driver->job_type,
                                     job->id,
                                     job->len,
@@ -589,10 +614,12 @@ BlockErrorAction block_job_error_action(BlockJob *job, BlockdevOnError on_err,
     default:
         abort();
     }
-    qapi_event_send_block_job_error(job->id,
-                                    is_read ? IO_OPERATION_TYPE_READ :
-                                    IO_OPERATION_TYPE_WRITE,
-                                    action, &error_abort);
+    if (!block_job_is_internal(job)) {
+        qapi_event_send_block_job_error(job->id,
+                                        is_read ? IO_OPERATION_TYPE_READ :
+                                        IO_OPERATION_TYPE_WRITE,
+                                        action, &error_abort);
+    }
     if (action == BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_STOP) {
         /* make the pause user visible, which will be resumed from QMP. */
         job->user_paused = true;
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index 4dfb16b..a1b7502 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct BlockJob {
     BlockBackend *blk;
 
     /**
-     * The ID of the block job.
+     * The ID of the block job. May be NULL for internal jobs.
      */
     char *id;
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ bool block_job_is_cancelled(BlockJob *job);
  *
  * Return information about a job.
  */
-BlockJobInfo *block_job_query(BlockJob *job);
+BlockJobInfo *block_job_query(BlockJob *job, Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * block_job_pause_point:
@@ -525,4 +525,12 @@ void block_job_txn_unref(BlockJobTxn *txn);
  */
 void block_job_txn_add_job(BlockJobTxn *txn, BlockJob *job);
 
+/**
+ * block_job_is_internal:
+ * @job: The job to determine if it is user-visible or not.
+ *
+ * Returns true if the job should not be visible to the management layer.
+ */
+bool block_job_is_internal(BlockJob *job);
+
 #endif
