1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index eb5d54c65a..9d6ac83959 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -823,7 +823,8 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     qcow_blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                            BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                            BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                            &local_err);
     if (qcow_blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;