diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index dbe4fdd44d..a1773e4790 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -975,7 +975,8 @@ static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
      */
     BlockDriver* drv = bdrv_find_format("qcow2");
     assert(drv != NULL);
-    ret = bdrv_open(bs, filename, BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH, drv);
+    ret = bdrv_open(bs, filename,
+        BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_CACHE_WB | BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH, drv);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out;
     }