diff --git a/block/blkdebug.c b/block/blkdebug.c
index 1ea835c2b9..efd9441625 100644
--- a/block/blkdebug.c
+++ b/block/blkdebug.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static int blkdebug_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     bs->supported_write_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
         (BDRV_REQ_FUA & bs->file->bs->supported_write_flags);
     bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
-        ((BDRV_REQ_FUA | BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP) &
+        ((BDRV_REQ_FUA | BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP | BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK) &
             bs->file->bs->supported_zero_flags);
     ret = -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/block/copy-on-read.c b/block/copy-on-read.c
index d670fec42b..53972b1da3 100644
--- a/block/copy-on-read.c
+++ b/block/copy-on-read.c
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ static int cor_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     }
 
     bs->supported_write_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
-                                (BDRV_REQ_FUA &
-                                    bs->file->bs->supported_write_flags);
+        (BDRV_REQ_FUA & bs->file->bs->supported_write_flags);
 
     bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
-                               ((BDRV_REQ_FUA | BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP) &
-                                    bs->file->bs->supported_zero_flags);
+        ((BDRV_REQ_FUA | BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP | BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK) &
+            bs->file->bs->supported_zero_flags);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index d102f3b222..db4cccbe51 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
     }
 #endif
 
-    bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP;
+    bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP | BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK;
     ret = 0;
 fail:
     if (filename && (bdrv_flags & BDRV_O_TEMPORARY)) {
@@ -1500,14 +1500,19 @@ static ssize_t handle_aiocb_write_zeroes_block(RawPosixAIOData *aiocb)
     }
 
 #ifdef BLKZEROOUT
-    do {
-        uint64_t range[2] = { aiocb->aio_offset, aiocb->aio_nbytes };
-        if (ioctl(aiocb->aio_fildes, BLKZEROOUT, range) == 0) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    } while (errno == EINTR);
+    /* The BLKZEROOUT implementation in the kernel doesn't set
+     * BLKDEV_ZERO_NOFALLBACK, so we can't call this if we have to avoid slow
+     * fallbacks. */
+    if (!(aiocb->aio_type & QEMU_AIO_NO_FALLBACK)) {
+        do {
+            uint64_t range[2] = { aiocb->aio_offset, aiocb->aio_nbytes };
+            if (ioctl(aiocb->aio_fildes, BLKZEROOUT, range) == 0) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+        } while (errno == EINTR);
 
-    ret = translate_err(-errno);
+        ret = translate_err(-errno);
+    }
 #endif
 
     if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
@@ -2659,6 +2664,9 @@ raw_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int bytes,
     if (blkdev) {
         acb.aio_type |= QEMU_AIO_BLKDEV;
     }
+    if (flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK) {
+        acb.aio_type |= QEMU_AIO_NO_FALLBACK;
+    }
 
     if (flags & BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP) {
         acb.aio_type |= QEMU_AIO_DISCARD;
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 2ba603c7bc..dfc153b8d8 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -909,8 +909,6 @@ int bdrv_make_zero(BdrvChild *child, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
         }
         ret = bdrv_block_status(bs, offset, bytes, &bytes, NULL, NULL);
         if (ret < 0) {
-            error_report("error getting block status at offset %" PRId64 ": %s",
-                         offset, strerror(-ret));
             return ret;
         }
         if (ret & BDRV_BLOCK_ZERO) {
@@ -919,8 +917,6 @@ int bdrv_make_zero(BdrvChild *child, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
         }
         ret = bdrv_pwrite_zeroes(child, offset, bytes, flags);
         if (ret < 0) {
-            error_report("error writing zeroes at offset %" PRId64 ": %s",
-                         offset, strerror(-ret));
             return ret;
         }
         offset += bytes;
@@ -1019,6 +1015,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_driver_preadv(BlockDriverState *bs,
     unsigned int nb_sectors;
 
     assert(!(flags & ~BDRV_REQ_MASK));
+    assert(!(flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK));
 
     if (!drv) {
         return -ENOMEDIUM;
@@ -1065,6 +1062,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_driver_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs,
     int ret;
 
     assert(!(flags & ~BDRV_REQ_MASK));
+    assert(!(flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK));
 
     if (!drv) {
         return -ENOMEDIUM;
@@ -1471,6 +1469,10 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
         return -ENOMEDIUM;
     }
 
+    if ((flags & ~bs->supported_zero_flags) & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK) {
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
     assert(alignment % bs->bl.request_alignment == 0);
     head = offset % alignment;
     tail = (offset + bytes) % alignment;
@@ -1514,7 +1516,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
             assert(!bs->supported_zero_flags);
         }
 
-        if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
+        if (ret == -ENOTSUP && !(flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK)) {
             /* Fall back to bounce buffer if write zeroes is unsupported */
             BdrvRequestFlags write_flags = flags & ~BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE;
 
@@ -2953,6 +2955,10 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_copy_range_internal(
     BdrvTrackedRequest req;
     int ret;
 
+    /* TODO We can support BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK here */
+    assert(!(read_flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK));
+    assert(!(write_flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK));
+
     if (!dst || !dst->bs) {
         return -ENOMEDIUM;
     }
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index eb9a4cdf56..ff15cfb197 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1548,7 +1548,8 @@ static void mirror_start_job(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
     mirror_top_bs->total_sectors = bs->total_sectors;
     mirror_top_bs->supported_write_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED;
-    mirror_top_bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED;
+    mirror_top_bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
+                                          BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK;
     bs_opaque = g_new0(MirrorBDSOpaque, 1);
     mirror_top_bs->opaque = bs_opaque;
     bdrv_set_aio_context(mirror_top_bs, bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
diff --git a/block/raw-format.c b/block/raw-format.c
index cec29986cc..385cdc2490 100644
--- a/block/raw-format.c
+++ b/block/raw-format.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     bs->supported_write_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
         (BDRV_REQ_FUA & bs->file->bs->supported_write_flags);
     bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED |
-        ((BDRV_REQ_FUA | BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP) &
+        ((BDRV_REQ_FUA | BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP | BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK) &
             bs->file->bs->supported_zero_flags);
 
     if (bs->probed && !bdrv_is_read_only(bs)) {
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index e452988b66..c7a26199aa 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ typedef enum {
      */
     BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING        = 0x80,
 
+    /* Execute the request only if the operation can be offloaded or otherwise
+     * be executed efficiently, but return an error instead of using a slow
+     * fallback. */
+    BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK        = 0x100,
+
     /* Mask of valid flags */
-    BDRV_REQ_MASK               = 0xff,
+    BDRV_REQ_MASK               = 0x1ff,
 } BdrvRequestFlags;
 
 typedef struct BlockSizes {
diff --git a/include/block/raw-aio.h b/include/block/raw-aio.h
index 6799614e56..ba223dd1f1 100644
--- a/include/block/raw-aio.h
+++ b/include/block/raw-aio.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 /* AIO flags */
 #define QEMU_AIO_MISALIGNED   0x1000
 #define QEMU_AIO_BLKDEV       0x2000
+#define QEMU_AIO_NO_FALLBACK  0x4000
 
 
 /* linux-aio.c - Linux native implementation */
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 5fac840742..8ee63daeae 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ static int convert_do_copy(ImgConvertState *s)
     if (!s->has_zero_init && !s->target_has_backing &&
         bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(blk_bs(s->target)))
     {
-        ret = blk_make_zero(s->target, BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP);
+        ret = blk_make_zero(s->target, BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP | BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK);
         if (ret == 0) {
             s->has_zero_init = true;
         }
diff --git a/qemu-io-cmds.c b/qemu-io-cmds.c
index 35dcdcf413..09750a23ce 100644
--- a/qemu-io-cmds.c
+++ b/qemu-io-cmds.c
@@ -946,6 +946,7 @@ static void write_help(void)
 " -b, -- write to the VM state rather than the virtual disk\n"
 " -c, -- write compressed data with blk_write_compressed\n"
 " -f, -- use Force Unit Access semantics\n"
+" -n, -- with -z, don't allow slow fallback\n"
 " -p, -- ignored for backwards compatibility\n"
 " -P, -- use different pattern to fill file\n"
 " -C, -- report statistics in a machine parsable format\n"
@@ -964,7 +965,7 @@ static const cmdinfo_t write_cmd = {
     .perm       = BLK_PERM_WRITE,
     .argmin     = 2,
     .argmax     = -1,
-    .args       = "[-bcCfquz] [-P pattern] off len",
+    .args       = "[-bcCfnquz] [-P pattern] off len",
     .oneline    = "writes a number of bytes at a specified offset",
     .help       = write_help,
 };
@@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ static int write_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
     int64_t total = 0;
     int pattern = 0xcd;
 
-    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "bcCfpP:quz")) != -1) {
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "bcCfnpP:quz")) != -1) {
         switch (c) {
         case 'b':
             bflag = true;
@@ -997,6 +998,9 @@ static int write_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
         case 'f':
             flags |= BDRV_REQ_FUA;
             break;
+        case 'n':
+            flags |= BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK;
+            break;
         case 'p':
             /* Ignored for backwards compatibility */
             break;
@@ -1037,6 +1041,11 @@ static int write_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
+    if ((flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK) && !zflag) {
+        printf("-n requires -z to be specified\n");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
     if ((flags & BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP) && !zflag) {
         printf("-u requires -z to be specified\n");
         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/248 b/tests/qemu-iotests/248
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f26b4bb2aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/248
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Test resume mirror after auto pause on ENOSPC
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Virtuozzo International GmbH. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import iotests
+from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, file_path, filter_qmp_testfiles
+
+iotests.verify_image_format(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
+
+source, target = file_path('source', 'target')
+size = 5 * 1024 * 1024
+limit = 2 * 1024 * 1024
+
+qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, source, str(size))
+qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, target, str(size))
+qemu_io('-c', 'write 0 {}'.format(size), source)
+
+# raw format don't like empty files
+qemu_io('-c', 'write 0 {}'.format(size), target)
+
+vm = iotests.VM().add_drive(source)
+vm.launch()
+
+blockdev_opts = {
+    'driver': iotests.imgfmt,
+    'node-name': 'target',
+    'file': {
+        'driver': 'raw',
+        'size': limit,
+        'file': {
+            'driver': 'file',
+            'filename': target
+        }
+    }
+}
+vm.qmp_log('blockdev-add', filters=[filter_qmp_testfiles], **blockdev_opts)
+
+vm.qmp_log('blockdev-mirror', device='drive0', sync='full', target='target',
+           on_target_error='enospc')
+
+vm.event_wait('JOB_STATUS_CHANGE', timeout=3.0,
+              match={'data': {'status': 'paused'}})
+
+# drop other cached events, to not interfere with further wait for 'running'
+vm.get_qmp_events()
+
+del blockdev_opts['file']['size']
+vm.qmp_log('x-blockdev-reopen', filters=[filter_qmp_testfiles],
+           **blockdev_opts)
+
+vm.qmp_log('block-job-resume', device='drive0')
+vm.event_wait('JOB_STATUS_CHANGE', timeout=1.0,
+              match={'data': {'status': 'running'}})
+
+vm.shutdown()
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/248.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/248.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..369b25bf26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/248.out
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{"execute": "blockdev-add", "arguments": {"driver": "qcow2", "file": {"driver": "raw", "file": {"driver": "file", "filename": "TEST_DIR/PID-target"}, "size": 2097152}, "node-name": "target"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"execute": "blockdev-mirror", "arguments": {"device": "drive0", "on-target-error": "enospc", "sync": "full", "target": "target"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"execute": "x-blockdev-reopen", "arguments": {"driver": "qcow2", "file": {"driver": "raw", "file": {"driver": "file", "filename": "TEST_DIR/PID-target"}}, "node-name": "target"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"execute": "block-job-resume", "arguments": {"device": "drive0"}}
+{"return": {}}
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/group b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
index d192abaecf..41da10c6cf 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/group
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
@@ -246,3 +246,4 @@
 245 rw auto
 246 rw auto quick
 247 rw auto quick
+248 rw auto quick