diff --git a/include/qemu/ratelimit.h b/include/qemu/ratelimit.h
index 8da1232..8dece48 100644
--- a/include/qemu/ratelimit.h
+++ b/include/qemu/ratelimit.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ typedef struct {

 /** Calculate and return delay for next request in ns
  *
- * Record that we sent @p n data units. If we may send more data units
+ * Record that we sent @n data units (where @n matches the scale chosen
+ * during ratelimit_set_speed). If we may send more data units
  * in the current time slice, return 0 (i.e. no delay). Otherwise
  * return the amount of time (in ns) until the start of the next time
  * slice that will permit sending the next chunk of data.
diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index a4fb288..bcfa321 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void backup_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "speed");
         return;
     }
-    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, SLICE_TIME);
+    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed, SLICE_TIME);
 }

 static void backup_cleanup_sync_bitmap(BackupBlockJob *job, int ret)
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ static bool coroutine_fn yield_and_check(BackupBlockJob *job)
      */
     if (job->common.speed) {
         uint64_t delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&job->limit,
-                                                      job->sectors_read);
+                                                      job->sectors_read *
+                                                      BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
         job->sectors_read = 0;
         block_job_sleep_ns(&job->common, QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME, delay_ns);
     } else {
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 76a0d98..8b684e0 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ static void coroutine_fn commit_run(void *opaque)
         s->common.offset += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;

         if (copy && s->common.speed) {
-            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit, n);
+            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit,
+                                                 n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
         }
     }

@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ static void commit_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "speed");
         return;
     }
-    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, SLICE_TIME);
+    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed, SLICE_TIME);
 }

 static const BlockJobDriver commit_job_driver = {
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 2173a2f..a7d0960 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ static uint64_t coroutine_fn mirror_iteration(MirrorBlockJob *s)
     bitmap_set(s->in_flight_bitmap, sector_num / sectors_per_chunk, nb_chunks);
     while (nb_chunks > 0 && sector_num < end) {
         int64_t ret;
-        int io_sectors, io_sectors_acct;
+        int io_sectors;
+        int64_t io_bytes_acct;
         BlockDriverState *file;
         enum MirrorMethod {
             MIRROR_METHOD_COPY,
@@ -439,16 +440,16 @@ static uint64_t coroutine_fn mirror_iteration(MirrorBlockJob *s)
         switch (mirror_method) {
         case MIRROR_METHOD_COPY:
             io_sectors = mirror_do_read(s, sector_num, io_sectors);
-            io_sectors_acct = io_sectors;
+            io_bytes_acct = io_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
             break;
         case MIRROR_METHOD_ZERO:
         case MIRROR_METHOD_DISCARD:
             mirror_do_zero_or_discard(s, sector_num, io_sectors,
                                       mirror_method == MIRROR_METHOD_DISCARD);
             if (write_zeroes_ok) {
-                io_sectors_acct = 0;
+                io_bytes_acct = 0;
             } else {
-                io_sectors_acct = io_sectors;
+                io_bytes_acct = io_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
             }
             break;
         default:
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ static uint64_t coroutine_fn mirror_iteration(MirrorBlockJob *s)
         sector_num += io_sectors;
         nb_chunks -= DIV_ROUND_UP(io_sectors, sectors_per_chunk);
         if (s->common.speed) {
-            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit, io_sectors_acct);
+            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit, io_bytes_acct);
         }
     }
     return delay_ns;
@@ -918,7 +919,7 @@ static void mirror_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "speed");
         return;
     }
-    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, SLICE_TIME);
+    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed, SLICE_TIME);
 }

 static void mirror_complete(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index 0113710..11c5cf1 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ static void coroutine_fn stream_run(void *opaque)
         /* Publish progress */
         s->common.offset += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
         if (copy && s->common.speed) {
-            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit, n);
+            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit,
+                                                 n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
         }
     }

@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ static void stream_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "speed");
         return;
     }
-    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, SLICE_TIME);
+    ratelimit_set_speed(&s->limit, speed, SLICE_TIME);
 }

 static const BlockJobDriver stream_job_driver = {
