diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 5c1573c..8038793 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -2449,6 +2449,10 @@ static bool is_zero_sectors(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t start,
     BlockDriverState *file;
     int64_t res;

+    if (start + count > bs->total_sectors) {
+        count = bs->total_sectors - start;
+    }
+
     if (!count) {
         return true;
     }
@@ -2467,6 +2471,9 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow2_co_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
     uint32_t tail = (offset + count) % s->cluster_size;

     trace_qcow2_pwrite_zeroes_start_req(qemu_coroutine_self(), offset, count);
+    if (offset + count == bs->total_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) {
+        tail = 0;
+    }

     if (head || tail) {
         int64_t cl_start = (offset - head) >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/154 b/tests/qemu-iotests/154
index 7ca7219..66128f5 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/154
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/154
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # qcow2 specific bdrv_pwrite_zeroes tests with backing files (complements 034)
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ _supported_proto file
 _supported_os Linux

 CLUSTER_SIZE=4k
-size=128M
+size=$((128 * 1024 * 1024))
+
+# This test requires zero clusters, added in v3 images
+_unsupported_imgopts compat=0.10

 echo
 echo == backing file contains zeros ==
@@ -299,6 +302,110 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 75k 1k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io

 $QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_img_map

+echo
+echo == unaligned image tail cluster, no allocation needed ==
+
+CLUSTER_SIZE=1024 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.base" _make_test_img $((size + 1024))
+_make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG.base" $((size + 2048))
+
+# With no backing file, write to all or part of unallocated partial cluster
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | 00 --
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $size 512" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | -- 00
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $size 512" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | 00 00
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $size 1024" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# No offset should be allocated, although the cluster itself is considered
+# allocated due to the zero flag
+$QEMU_IO -c "alloc $size 1024" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+# With backing file that reads as zero, write to all or part of entire cluster
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | 00 00
+# Active layer: 128m: ... | 00 00 00 00
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $size 2048" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | 00 00
+# Active layer: 128m: ... | 00 00 -- --
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size)) 1024" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | 00 00
+# Active layer: 128m: ... | -- -- 00 00
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size + 1024)) 1024" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | 00 00
+# Active layer: 128m: ... | -- 00 00 --
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size + 512)) 1024" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# No offset should be allocated, although the cluster itself is considered
+# allocated due to the zero flag
+$QEMU_IO -c "alloc $size 2048" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+# Preallocated cluster is not freed when unmap is not requested
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | XX -- => ... | XX 00
+$QEMU_IO -c "write $((size)) 512" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size + 512)) 512" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | XX 00 => ... | 00 00
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size)) 1024" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+echo
+echo == unaligned image tail cluster, allocation required ==
+
+CLUSTER_SIZE=512 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.base" _make_test_img $((size + 1024))
+_make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG.base" $((size + 2048))
+
+# Write beyond backing file must COW
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | XX --
+# Active layer: 128m: ... | -- -- 00 --
+
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -P 1 $((size)) 512" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size + 1024)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 1 $((size)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 $((size + 512)) 1536" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+CLUSTER_SIZE=512 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.base" _make_test_img $((size + 1024))
+_make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG.base" $((size + 2048))
+
+# Writes at boundaries of (partial) cluster must not lose mid-cluster data
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | -- XX
+# Active layer: 128m: ... | 00 -- -- 00
+
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -P 1 $((size + 512)) 512" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 $((size)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 1 $((size + 512)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 $((size + 1024)) 1024" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size + 1536)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 $((size)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 1 $((size + 512)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 $((size + 1024)) 1024" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+CLUSTER_SIZE=512 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.base" _make_test_img $((size + 1024))
+_make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG.base" $((size + 2048))
+
+# Partial write must not lose data
+# Backing file: 128m: ... | -- --
+# Active layer: 128m: ... | -- -- XX 00
+
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -P 1 $((size + 1024)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -z $((size + 1536)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 $((size)) 1024" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 1 $((size + 1024)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 $((size + 1536)) 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
 # success, all done
 echo "*** done"
 rm -f $seq.full
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out
index da9eabd..d6e76f4 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out
@@ -282,4 +282,86 @@ read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 76800
 { "start": 69632, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
 { "start": 73728, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 24576},
 { "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+
+== unaligned image tail cluster, no allocation needed ==
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134217728
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+1024/1024 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134218752, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+wrote 2048/2048 bytes at offset 134217728
+2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134217728
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218752
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218240
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134218240
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134217728
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134218752, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+
+== unaligned image tail cluster, allocation required ==
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134218752
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 1536/1536 bytes at offset 134218240
+1.500 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 20480}]
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134218240
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 134218240
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218752
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134219264
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 134218240
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218752
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 20480}]
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134218752
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134219264
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134217728
+1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 134218752
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 134219264
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 20480}]
 *** done
