diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index 11b0d8b4c1..27ddacb3cf 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -1197,8 +1197,9 @@ static void send_qmp_error_event(BlockBackend *blk,
     IoOperationType optype;
 
     optype = is_read ? IO_OPERATION_TYPE_READ : IO_OPERATION_TYPE_WRITE;
-    qapi_event_send_block_io_error(blk_name(blk), optype, action,
-                                   blk_iostatus_is_enabled(blk),
+    qapi_event_send_block_io_error(blk_name(blk),
+                                   bdrv_get_node_name(blk_bs(blk)), optype,
+                                   action, blk_iostatus_is_enabled(blk),
                                    error == ENOSPC, strerror(error),
                                    &error_abort);
 }
diff --git a/docs/qmp-events.txt b/docs/qmp-events.txt
index 7967ec4c5a..62a9f9ca66 100644
--- a/docs/qmp-events.txt
+++ b/docs/qmp-events.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ Emitted when a disk I/O error occurs.
 
 Data:
 
-- "device": device name (json-string)
+- "device": device name. This is always present for compatibility
+            reasons, but it can be empty ("") if the image does not
+            have a device name associated. (json-string)
+- "node-name": node name. Note that errors may be reported for the root node
+               that is directly attached to a guest device rather than for the
+               node where the error occurred. (json-string)
 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
     "ignore": error has been ignored
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ Example:
 
 { "event": "BLOCK_IO_ERROR",
     "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
+              "node-name": "#block212",
               "operation": "write",
               "action": "stop" },
     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 9d797b8fe0..3d3c0be75d 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2545,7 +2545,13 @@
 #
 # Emitted when a disk I/O error occurs
 #
-# @device: device name
+# @device: device name. This is always present for compatibility
+#          reasons, but it can be empty ("") if the image does not
+#          have a device name associated.
+#
+# @node-name: node name. Note that errors may be reported for the root node
+#             that is directly attached to a guest device rather than for the
+#             node where the error occurred. (Since: 2.8)
 #
 # @operation: I/O operation
 #
@@ -2566,7 +2572,7 @@
 # Since: 0.13.0
 ##
 { 'event': 'BLOCK_IO_ERROR',
-  'data': { 'device': 'str', 'operation': 'IoOperationType',
+  'data': { 'device': 'str', 'node-name': 'str', 'operation': 'IoOperationType',
             'action': 'BlockErrorAction', '*nospace': 'bool',
             'reason': 'str' } }