diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index a2d16a700d..a74d5d02fd 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -91,27 +91,10 @@ typedef struct BlockJob {
     /** ret code passed to block_job_completed. */
     int ret;
 
-    /** True if this job should automatically finalize itself */
-    bool auto_finalize;
-
-    /** True if this job should automatically dismiss itself */
-    bool auto_dismiss;
-
     BlockJobTxn *txn;
     QLIST_ENTRY(BlockJob) txn_list;
 } BlockJob;
 
-typedef enum BlockJobCreateFlags {
-    /* Default behavior */
-    BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT = 0x00,
-    /* BlockJob is not QMP-created and should not send QMP events */
-    BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL = 0x01,
-    /* BlockJob requires manual finalize step */
-    BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE = 0x02,
-    /* BlockJob requires manual dismiss step */
-    BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS = 0x04,
-} BlockJobCreateFlags;
-
 /**
  * block_job_next:
  * @job: A block job, or %NULL.
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob_int.h b/include/block/blockjob_int.h
index 7e705ae0e9..88639f7efc 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob_int.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob_int.h
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ struct BlockJobDriver {
  * @bs: The block
  * @perm, @shared_perm: Permissions to request for @bs
  * @speed: The maximum speed, in bytes per second, or 0 for unlimited.
- * @flags: Creation flags for the Block Job.
- *         See @BlockJobCreateFlags
+ * @flags: Creation flags for the Block Job. See @JobCreateFlags.
  * @cb: Completion function for the job.
  * @opaque: Opaque pointer value passed to @cb.
  * @errp: Error object.
diff --git a/include/qemu/job.h b/include/qemu/job.h
index 87b0500795..9ad93ee862 100644
--- a/include/qemu/job.h
+++ b/include/qemu/job.h
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ typedef struct Job {
     /** Set to true when the job has deferred work to the main loop. */
     bool deferred_to_main_loop;
 
+    /** True if this job should automatically finalize itself */
+    bool auto_finalize;
+
+    /** True if this job should automatically dismiss itself */
+    bool auto_dismiss;
+
     /** Element of the list of jobs */
     QLIST_ENTRY(Job) job_list;
 } Job;
@@ -140,6 +146,17 @@ struct JobDriver {
     void (*free)(Job *job);
 };
 
+typedef enum JobCreateFlags {
+    /* Default behavior */
+    JOB_DEFAULT = 0x00,
+    /* Job is not QMP-created and should not send QMP events */
+    JOB_INTERNAL = 0x01,
+    /* Job requires manual finalize step */
+    JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE = 0x02,
+    /* Job requires manual dismiss step */
+    JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS = 0x04,
+} JobCreateFlags;
+
 
 /**
  * Create a new long-running job and return it.
@@ -147,10 +164,11 @@ struct JobDriver {
  * @job_id: The id of the newly-created job, or %NULL for internal jobs
  * @driver: The class object for the newly-created job.
  * @ctx: The AioContext to run the job coroutine in.
+ * @flags: Creation flags for the job. See @JobCreateFlags.
  * @errp: Error object.
  */
 void *job_create(const char *job_id, const JobDriver *driver, AioContext *ctx,
-                 Error **errp);
+                 int flags, Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * Add a reference to Job refcnt, it will be decreased with job_unref, and then
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index c4a98e5804..7a6ae59d42 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
 
     s = block_job_create(job_id, &commit_job_driver, NULL, bs, 0, BLK_PERM_ALL,
-                         speed, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, errp);
+                         speed, JOB_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, errp);
     if (!s) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 80f068ca75..df636298f1 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
     is_none_mode = mode == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE;
     base = mode == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP ? backing_bs(bs) : NULL;
-    mirror_start_job(job_id, bs, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, target, replaces,
+    mirror_start_job(job_id, bs, JOB_DEFAULT, target, replaces,
                      speed, granularity, buf_size, backing_mode,
                      on_source_error, on_target_error, unmap, NULL, NULL,
                      &mirror_job_driver, is_none_mode, base, false,
diff --git a/block/replication.c b/block/replication.c
index 9ed6e0fb04..ff2e2028af 100644
--- a/block/replication.c
+++ b/block/replication.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static void replication_start(ReplicationState *rs, ReplicationMode mode,
         job = backup_job_create(NULL, s->secondary_disk->bs, s->hidden_disk->bs,
                                 0, MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE, NULL, false,
                                 BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
-                                BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL,
+                                BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, JOB_INTERNAL,
                                 backup_job_completed, bs, NULL, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static void replication_stop(ReplicationState *rs, bool failover, Error **errp)
 
         s->stage = BLOCK_REPLICATION_FAILOVER;
         commit_active_start(NULL, s->active_disk->bs, s->secondary_disk->bs,
-                            BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL, 0, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
+                            JOB_INTERNAL, 0, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
                             NULL, replication_done, bs, true, errp);
         break;
     default:
diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index e81b488a22..eee02538ed 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                          BLK_PERM_GRAPH_MOD,
                          BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ | BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
                          BLK_PERM_WRITE,
-                         speed, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, errp);
+                         speed, JOB_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, errp);
     if (!s) {
         goto fail;
     }
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 3533c0dd6a..278b92ce03 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3244,7 +3244,7 @@ void qmp_block_commit(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
             goto out;
         }
         commit_active_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs,
-                            BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, speed, on_error,
+                            JOB_DEFAULT, speed, on_error,
                             filter_node_name, NULL, NULL, false, &local_err);
     } else {
         BlockDriverState *overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, top_bs);
@@ -3275,7 +3275,7 @@ static BlockJob *do_drive_backup(DriveBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn,
     AioContext *aio_context;
     QDict *options = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-    int flags, job_flags = BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT;
+    int flags, job_flags = JOB_DEFAULT;
     int64_t size;
     bool set_backing_hd = false;
 
@@ -3398,10 +3398,10 @@ static BlockJob *do_drive_backup(DriveBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn,
         }
     }
     if (!backup->auto_finalize) {
-        job_flags |= BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE;
+        job_flags |= JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE;
     }
     if (!backup->auto_dismiss) {
-        job_flags |= BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS;
+        job_flags |= JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS;
     }
 
     job = backup_job_create(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed,
@@ -3442,7 +3442,7 @@ BlockJob *do_blockdev_backup(BlockdevBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     AioContext *aio_context;
     BlockJob *job = NULL;
-    int job_flags = BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT;
+    int job_flags = JOB_DEFAULT;
 
     if (!backup->has_speed) {
         backup->speed = 0;
@@ -3491,10 +3491,10 @@ BlockJob *do_blockdev_backup(BlockdevBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn,
         }
     }
     if (!backup->auto_finalize) {
-        job_flags |= BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE;
+        job_flags |= JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE;
     }
     if (!backup->auto_dismiss) {
-        job_flags |= BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS;
+        job_flags |= JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS;
     }
     job = backup_job_create(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed,
                             backup->sync, NULL, backup->compress,
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index e0a51cfb3e..4cfedbe791 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static void block_job_do_dismiss(BlockJob *job)
 static void block_job_conclude(BlockJob *job)
 {
     job_state_transition(&job->job, JOB_STATUS_CONCLUDED);
-    if (job->auto_dismiss || !job_started(&job->job)) {
+    if (job->job.auto_dismiss || !job_started(&job->job)) {
         block_job_do_dismiss(job);
     }
 }
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static void block_job_completed_txn_abort(BlockJob *job)
 
 static int block_job_needs_finalize(BlockJob *job)
 {
-    return !job->auto_finalize;
+    return !job->job.auto_finalize;
 }
 
 static void block_job_do_finalize(BlockJob *job)
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ BlockJobInfo *block_job_query(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
     info->io_status = job->iostatus;
     info->ready     = job->ready;
     info->status    = job->job.status;
-    info->auto_finalize = job->auto_finalize;
-    info->auto_dismiss  = job->auto_dismiss;
+    info->auto_finalize = job->job.auto_finalize;
+    info->auto_dismiss  = job->job.auto_dismiss;
     info->has_error = job->ret != 0;
     info->error     = job->ret ? g_strdup(strerror(-job->ret)) : NULL;
     return info;
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static void block_job_event_completed(BlockJob *job, const char *msg)
 static int block_job_event_pending(BlockJob *job)
 {
     job_state_transition(&job->job, JOB_STATUS_PENDING);
-    if (!job->auto_finalize && !block_job_is_internal(job)) {
+    if (!job->job.auto_finalize && !block_job_is_internal(job)) {
         qapi_event_send_block_job_pending(job_type(&job->job),
                                           job->job.id,
                                           &error_abort);
@@ -764,19 +764,8 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (job_id == NULL && !(flags & BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL)) {
+    if (job_id == NULL && !(flags & JOB_INTERNAL)) {
         job_id = bdrv_get_device_name(bs);
-        if (!*job_id) {
-            error_setg(errp, "An explicit job ID is required for this node");
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (job_id) {
-        if (flags & BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL) {
-            error_setg(errp, "Cannot specify job ID for internal block job");
-            return NULL;
-        }
     }
 
     blk = blk_new(perm, shared_perm);
@@ -787,7 +776,7 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
     }
 
     job = job_create(job_id, &driver->job_driver, blk_get_aio_context(blk),
-                     errp);
+                     flags, errp);
     if (job == NULL) {
         blk_unref(blk);
         return NULL;
@@ -801,8 +790,6 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
     job->blk           = blk;
     job->cb            = cb;
     job->opaque        = opaque;
-    job->auto_finalize = !(flags & BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE);
-    job->auto_dismiss  = !(flags & BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS);
 
     error_setg(&job->blocker, "block device is in use by block job: %s",
                job_type_str(&job->job));
diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
index 60ccb0640b..bcd335280a 100644
--- a/job.c
+++ b/job.c
@@ -182,11 +182,15 @@ static void job_sleep_timer_cb(void *opaque)
 }
 
 void *job_create(const char *job_id, const JobDriver *driver, AioContext *ctx,
-                 Error **errp)
+                 int flags, Error **errp)
 {
     Job *job;
 
     if (job_id) {
+        if (flags & JOB_INTERNAL) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Cannot specify job ID for internal job");
+            return NULL;
+        }
         if (!id_wellformed(job_id)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Invalid job ID '%s'", job_id);
             return NULL;
@@ -195,6 +199,9 @@ void *job_create(const char *job_id, const JobDriver *driver, AioContext *ctx,
             error_setg(errp, "Job ID '%s' already in use", job_id);
             return NULL;
         }
+    } else if (!(flags & JOB_INTERNAL)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "An explicit job ID is required");
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     job = g_malloc0(driver->instance_size);
@@ -205,6 +212,8 @@ void *job_create(const char *job_id, const JobDriver *driver, AioContext *ctx,
     job->busy          = false;
     job->paused        = true;
     job->pause_count   = 1;
+    job->auto_finalize = !(flags & JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE);
+    job->auto_dismiss  = !(flags & JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS);
 
     job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_CREATED);
     aio_timer_init(qemu_get_aio_context(), &job->sleep_timer,
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 6a2431a653..94115c0330 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int img_commit(int argc, char **argv)
 
     aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
     aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
-    commit_active_start("commit", bs, base_bs, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT, 0,
+    commit_active_start("commit", bs, base_bs, JOB_DEFAULT, 0,
                         BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, NULL, common_block_job_cb,
                         &cbi, false, &local_err);
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
diff --git a/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c b/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c
index 93d1ff0859..60e9fa2298 100644
--- a/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c
+++ b/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static BlockJob *test_block_job_start(unsigned int iterations,
 
     snprintf(job_id, sizeof(job_id), "job%u", counter++);
     s = block_job_create(job_id, &test_block_job_driver, txn, bs,
-                         0, BLK_PERM_ALL, 0, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT,
+                         0, BLK_PERM_ALL, 0, JOB_DEFAULT,
                          test_block_job_cb, data, &error_abort);
     s->iterations = iterations;
     s->use_timer = use_timer;
diff --git a/tests/test-blockjob.c b/tests/test-blockjob.c
index ceb59600ed..8bb0aa8f85 100644
--- a/tests/test-blockjob.c
+++ b/tests/test-blockjob.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static BlockJob *do_test_id(BlockBackend *blk, const char *id,
                             bool should_succeed)
 {
     return mk_job(blk, id, &test_block_job_driver,
-                  should_succeed, BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT);
+                  should_succeed, JOB_DEFAULT);
 }
 
 /* This creates a BlockBackend (optionally with a name) with a
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static CancelJob *create_common(BlockJob **pjob)
 
     blk = create_blk(NULL);
     job = mk_job(blk, "Steve", &test_cancel_driver, true,
-                 BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE | BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS);
+                 JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE | JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS);
     job_ref(&job->job);
     assert(job->job.status == JOB_STATUS_CREATED);
     s = container_of(job, CancelJob, common);
