diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 45cddd6773..736432f67e 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2209,8 +2209,7 @@ static void bdrv_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
 
 void bdrv_close_all(void)
 {
-    BlockDriverState *bs;
-    AioContext *aio_context;
+    block_job_cancel_sync_all();
 
     /* Drop references from requests still in flight, such as canceled block
      * jobs whose AIO context has not been polled yet */
@@ -2219,25 +2218,7 @@ void bdrv_close_all(void)
     blk_remove_all_bs();
     blockdev_close_all_bdrv_states();
 
-    /* Cancel all block jobs */
-    while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&all_bdrv_states)) {
-        QTAILQ_FOREACH(bs, &all_bdrv_states, bs_list) {
-            aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
-
-            aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
-            if (bs->job) {
-                block_job_cancel_sync(bs->job);
-                aio_context_release(aio_context);
-                break;
-            }
-            aio_context_release(aio_context);
-        }
-
-        /* All the remaining BlockDriverStates are referenced directly or
-         * indirectly from block jobs, so there needs to be at least one BDS
-         * directly used by a block job */
-        assert(bs);
-    }
+    assert(QTAILQ_EMPTY(&all_bdrv_states));
 }
 
 static void change_parent_backing_link(BlockDriverState *from,
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 0f1bc77b1d..e916b41030 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -331,6 +331,19 @@ int block_job_cancel_sync(BlockJob *job)
     return block_job_finish_sync(job, &block_job_cancel_err, NULL);
 }
 
+void block_job_cancel_sync_all(void)
+{
+    BlockJob *job;
+    AioContext *aio_context;
+
+    while ((job = QLIST_FIRST(&block_jobs))) {
+        aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(job->bs);
+        aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
+        block_job_cancel_sync(job);
+        aio_context_release(aio_context);
+    }
+}
+
 int block_job_complete_sync(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
 {
     return block_job_finish_sync(job, &block_job_complete, errp);
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index 30bb2c6fd6..4ac68314ae 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -370,6 +370,13 @@ bool block_job_is_paused(BlockJob *job);
  */
 int block_job_cancel_sync(BlockJob *job);
 
+/**
+ * block_job_cancel_sync_all:
+ *
+ * Synchronously cancels all jobs using block_job_cancel_sync().
+ */
+void block_job_cancel_sync_all(void);
+
 /**
  * block_job_complete_sync:
  * @job: The job to be completed.