diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index e5fff6ddcf..e2f9d873ad 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import struct
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
-from typing import (Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable,
+from typing import (Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Iterator,
                     List, Optional, Sequence, TextIO, Tuple, Type, TypeVar)
 import unittest
 
@@ -114,6 +114,24 @@ luks_default_key_secret_opt = 'key-secret=keysec0'
 sample_img_dir = os.environ['SAMPLE_IMG_DIR']
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def change_log_level(
+        logger_name: str, level: int = logging.CRITICAL) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """
+    Utility function for temporarily changing the log level of a logger.
+
+    This can be used to silence errors that are expected or uninteresting.
+    """
+    _logger = logging.getLogger(logger_name)
+    current_level = _logger.level
+    _logger.setLevel(level)
+
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        _logger.setLevel(current_level)
+
+
 def unarchive_sample_image(sample, fname):
     sample_fname = os.path.join(sample_img_dir, sample + '.bz2')
     with bz2.open(sample_fname) as f_in, open(fname, 'wb') as f_out:
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-top-perms b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-top-perms
index a2d5c269d7..0a51a613f3 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-top-perms
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-top-perms
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from qemu.machine import machine
 from qemu.qmp import QMPConnectError
 
 import iotests
-from iotests import qemu_img
+from iotests import change_log_level, qemu_img
 
 
 image_size = 1 * 1024 * 1024
@@ -100,9 +100,13 @@ class TestMirrorTopPerms(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         self.vm_b.add_blockdev(f'file,node-name=drive0,filename={source}')
         self.vm_b.add_device('virtio-blk,drive=drive0,share-rw=on')
         try:
-            self.vm_b.launch()
-            print('ERROR: VM B launched successfully, this should not have '
-                  'happened')
+            # Silence AQMP errors temporarily.
+            # TODO: Remove this and just allow the errors to be logged when
+            # AQMP fully replaces QMP.
+            with change_log_level('qemu.aqmp'):
+                self.vm_b.launch()
+                print('ERROR: VM B launched successfully, '
+                      'this should not have happened')
         except (QMPConnectError, ConnectError):
             assert 'Is another process using the image' in self.vm_b.get_log()