diff --git a/blockdev-backup-utilize-do_backup_common.patch b/blockdev-backup-utilize-do_backup_common.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6827b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blockdev-backup-utilize-do_backup_common.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+From e5456acf2332efd0ed6106eb13cf24e6bca1ee64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:35:52 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] blockdev-backup: utilize do_backup_common
+
+Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
+Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
+Message-id: 20190709232550.10724-4-jsnow@redhat.com
+Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
+---
+ blockdev.c | 65 +++++-------------------------------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
+index a29838a1c8..aa15ed1f00 100644
+--- a/blockdev.c
++++ b/blockdev.c
+@@ -3668,78 +3668,25 @@ BlockJob *do_blockdev_backup(BlockdevBackup *backup, JobTxn *txn,
+ {
+     BlockDriverState *bs;
+     BlockDriverState *target_bs;
+-    Error *local_err = NULL;
+-    BdrvDirtyBitmap *bmap = NULL;
+     AioContext *aio_context;
+-    BlockJob *job = NULL;
+-    int job_flags = JOB_DEFAULT;
+-    int ret;
+-
+-    if (!backup->has_speed) {
+-        backup->speed = 0;
+-    }
+-    if (!backup->has_on_source_error) {
+-        backup->on_source_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
+-    }
+-    if (!backup->has_on_target_error) {
+-        backup->on_target_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
+-    }
+-    if (!backup->has_job_id) {
+-        backup->job_id = NULL;
+-    }
+-    if (!backup->has_auto_finalize) {
+-        backup->auto_finalize = true;
+-    }
+-    if (!backup->has_auto_dismiss) {
+-        backup->auto_dismiss = true;
+-    }
+-    if (!backup->has_compress) {
+-        backup->compress = false;
+-    }
++    BlockJob *job;
+ 
+     bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(backup->device, backup->device, errp);
+     if (!bs) {
+         return NULL;
+     }
+ 
+-    aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
+-    aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
+-
+     target_bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(backup->target, backup->target, errp);
+     if (!target_bs) {
+-        goto out;
++        return NULL;
+     }
+ 
+-    ret = bdrv_try_set_aio_context(target_bs, aio_context, errp);
+-    if (ret < 0) {
+-        goto out;
+-    }
++    aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
++    aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
+ 
+-    if (backup->has_bitmap) {
+-        bmap = bdrv_find_dirty_bitmap(bs, backup->bitmap);
+-        if (!bmap) {
+-            error_setg(errp, "Bitmap '%s' could not be found", backup->bitmap);
+-            goto out;
+-        }
+-        if (bdrv_dirty_bitmap_check(bmap, BDRV_BITMAP_DEFAULT, errp)) {
+-            goto out;
+-        }
+-    }
++    job = do_backup_common(qapi_BlockdevBackup_base(backup),
++                           bs, target_bs, aio_context, txn, errp);
+ 
+-    if (!backup->auto_finalize) {
+-        job_flags |= JOB_MANUAL_FINALIZE;
+-    }
+-    if (!backup->auto_dismiss) {
+-        job_flags |= JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS;
+-    }
+-    job = backup_job_create(backup->job_id, bs, target_bs, backup->speed,
+-                            backup->sync, bmap, backup->compress,
+-                            backup->on_source_error, backup->on_target_error,
+-                            job_flags, NULL, NULL, txn, &local_err);
+-    if (local_err != NULL) {
+-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+-    }
+-out:
+     aio_context_release(aio_context);
+     return job;
+ }
+-- 
+2.27.0
+