diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index b14fb995e8..91e0394af9 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ static void virtio_blk_handle_write(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
         virtio_blk_rw_complete(req, -EIO);
         return;
     }
+    if (req->qiov.size % req->dev->conf->logical_block_size) {
+        virtio_blk_rw_complete(req, -EIO);
+        return;
+    }
 
     if (mrb->num_writes == 32) {
         virtio_submit_multiwrite(req->dev->bs, mrb);
@@ -317,6 +321,10 @@ static void virtio_blk_handle_read(VirtIOBlockReq *req)
         virtio_blk_rw_complete(req, -EIO);
         return;
     }
+    if (req->qiov.size % req->dev->conf->logical_block_size) {
+        virtio_blk_rw_complete(req, -EIO);
+        return;
+    }
 
     acb = bdrv_aio_readv(req->dev->bs, sector, &req->qiov,
                          req->qiov.size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,