diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index d088ee02ff..090923c312 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4077,7 +4077,8 @@ bool bdrv_is_first_non_filter(BlockDriverState *candidate)
     return false;
 }
 
-BlockDriverState *check_to_replace_node(const char *node_name, Error **errp)
+BlockDriverState *check_to_replace_node(BlockDriverState *parent_bs,
+                                        const char *node_name, Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDriverState *to_replace_bs = bdrv_find_node(node_name);
     AioContext *aio_context;
@@ -4100,7 +4101,7 @@ BlockDriverState *check_to_replace_node(const char *node_name, Error **errp)
      * Another benefit is that this tests exclude backing files which are
      * blocked by the backing blockers.
      */
-    if (!bdrv_is_first_non_filter(to_replace_bs)) {
+    if (!bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(parent_bs, to_replace_bs)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Only top most non filter can be replaced");
         to_replace_bs = NULL;
         goto out;
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 94744432eb..a2589261f5 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -644,9 +644,9 @@ static void mirror_complete(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
     if (s->replaces) {
         AioContext *replace_aio_context;
 
-        s->to_replace = check_to_replace_node(s->replaces, &local_err);
+        s->to_replace = bdrv_find_node(s->replaces);
         if (!s->to_replace) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+            error_setg(errp, "Node name '%s' not found", s->replaces);
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 4125ff642a..6b48be60ba 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ void qmp_drive_mirror(const char *device, const char *target,
             goto out;
         }
 
-        to_replace_bs = check_to_replace_node(replaces, &local_err);
+        to_replace_bs = check_to_replace_node(bs, replaces, &local_err);
 
         if (!to_replace_bs) {
             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 37916f7208..608cd4e4fb 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ bool bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(BlockDriverState *bs,
 bool bdrv_is_first_non_filter(BlockDriverState *candidate);
 
 /* check if a named node can be replaced when doing drive-mirror */
-BlockDriverState *check_to_replace_node(const char *node_name, Error **errp);
+BlockDriverState *check_to_replace_node(BlockDriverState *parent_bs,
+                                        const char *node_name, Error **errp);
 
 /* async block I/O */
 typedef void BlockDriverDirtyHandler(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector,