diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index da77ede25f..fa26b62dd3 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -140,10 +140,16 @@ _filter_imgfmt()
     sed -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g"
 }
 
+# Removes \r from messages
+_filter_win32()
+{
+    sed -e 's/\r//g'
+}
+
 # sanitize qemu-io output
 _filter_qemu_io()
 {
-    sed -e "s/[0-9]* ops\; [0-9/:. sec]* ([0-9/.inf]* [EPTGMKiBbytes]*\/sec and [0-9/.inf]* ops\/sec)/X ops\; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY\/sec and XXX ops\/sec)/"
+    _filter_win32 | sed -e "s/[0-9]* ops\; [0-9/:. sec]* ([0-9/.inf]* [EPTGMKiBbytes]*\/sec and [0-9/.inf]* ops\/sec)/X ops\; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY\/sec and XXX ops\/sec)/"
 }
 
 # make sure this script returns success