diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 35a372df57..d9ac0e07eb 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2025,6 +2025,22 @@ static int bdrv_check_perm(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockReopenQueue *q,
         return -EPERM;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Unaligned requests will automatically be aligned to bl.request_alignment
+     * and without RESIZE we can't extend requests to write to space beyond the
+     * end of the image, so it's required that the image size is aligned.
+     */
+    if ((cumulative_perms & (BLK_PERM_WRITE | BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED)) &&
+        !(cumulative_perms & BLK_PERM_RESIZE))
+    {
+        if ((bs->total_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) % bs->bl.request_alignment) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Cannot get 'write' permission without 'resize': "
+                             "Image size is not a multiple of request "
+                             "alignment");
+            return -EPERM;
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Check this node */
     if (!drv) {
         return 0;