diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 916817d8b1..db83b09a0b 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -394,43 +394,27 @@ static int coroutine_fn backup_run_incremental(BackupBlockJob *job)
 /* init copy_bitmap from sync_bitmap */
 static void backup_incremental_init_copy_bitmap(BackupBlockJob *job)
 {
-    BdrvDirtyBitmapIter *dbi;
-    int64_t offset;
-    int64_t end = DIV_ROUND_UP(bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size(job->sync_bitmap),
-                               job->cluster_size);
+    uint64_t offset = 0;
+    uint64_t bytes = job->len;
 
-    dbi = bdrv_dirty_iter_new(job->sync_bitmap);
-    while ((offset = bdrv_dirty_iter_next(dbi)) != -1) {
-        int64_t cluster = offset / job->cluster_size;
-        int64_t next_cluster;
+    while (bdrv_dirty_bitmap_next_dirty_area(job->sync_bitmap,
+                                             &offset, &bytes))
+    {
+        uint64_t cluster = offset / job->cluster_size;
+        uint64_t end_cluster = DIV_ROUND_UP(offset + bytes, job->cluster_size);
 
-        offset += bdrv_dirty_bitmap_granularity(job->sync_bitmap);
-        if (offset >= bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size(job->sync_bitmap)) {
-            hbitmap_set(job->copy_bitmap, cluster, end - cluster);
+        hbitmap_set(job->copy_bitmap, cluster, end_cluster - cluster);
+
+        offset = end_cluster * job->cluster_size;
+        if (offset >= job->len) {
             break;
         }
-
-        offset = bdrv_dirty_bitmap_next_zero(job->sync_bitmap, offset,
-                                             UINT64_MAX);
-        if (offset == -1) {
-            hbitmap_set(job->copy_bitmap, cluster, end - cluster);
-            break;
-        }
-
-        next_cluster = DIV_ROUND_UP(offset, job->cluster_size);
-        hbitmap_set(job->copy_bitmap, cluster, next_cluster - cluster);
-        if (next_cluster >= end) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        bdrv_set_dirty_iter(dbi, next_cluster * job->cluster_size);
+        bytes = job->len - offset;
     }
 
     /* TODO job_progress_set_remaining() would make more sense */
     job_progress_update(&job->common.job,
         job->len - hbitmap_count(job->copy_bitmap) * job->cluster_size);
-
-    bdrv_dirty_iter_free(dbi);
 }
 
 static int coroutine_fn backup_run(Job *job, Error **errp)