1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 251910cc9d..c46810c56b 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -798,7 +798,8 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 
     qcow_bs = NULL;
     ret = bdrv_open(&qcow_bs, filename, NULL, NULL,
-                    BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                    BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_CACHE_WB | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                    &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto cleanup;