diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index 650d872f46..2e2be11071 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ typedef struct BlockDevOps {
 #define BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH    0x0200 /* disable flushing on this disk */
 #define BDRV_O_COPY_ON_READ 0x0400 /* copy read backing sectors into image */
 #define BDRV_O_INCOMING    0x0800  /* consistency hint for incoming migration */
+#define BDRV_O_CHECK       0x1000  /* open solely for consistency check */
 
 #define BDRV_O_CACHE_MASK  (BDRV_O_NOCACHE | BDRV_O_CACHE_WB | BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH)
 
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 5896fd6d9c..8f183f1465 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -484,8 +484,8 @@ static int qcow2_open(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags)
     qemu_co_mutex_init(&s->lock);
 
     /* Repair image if dirty */
-    if ((s->incompatible_features & QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DIRTY) &&
-        !bs->read_only) {
+    if (!(flags & BDRV_O_CHECK) && !bs->read_only &&
+        (s->incompatible_features & QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DIRTY)) {
         BdrvCheckResult result = {0};
 
         ret = qcow2_check(bs, &result, BDRV_FIX_ERRORS);
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index 226545d8e7..a02dbfd72d 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static int bdrv_qed_open(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags)
     }
 
     /* If image was not closed cleanly, check consistency */
-    if (s->header.features & QED_F_NEED_CHECK) {
+    if (!(flags & BDRV_O_CHECK) && (s->header.features & QED_F_NEED_CHECK)) {
         /* Read-only images cannot be fixed.  There is no risk of corruption
          * since write operations are not possible.  Therefore, allow
          * potentially inconsistent images to be opened read-only.  This can
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 94a31ad9f0..b41e670a61 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int img_check(int argc, char **argv)
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     BdrvCheckResult result;
     int fix = 0;
-    int flags = BDRV_O_FLAGS;
+    int flags = BDRV_O_FLAGS | BDRV_O_CHECK;
 
     fmt = NULL;
     for(;;) {
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out
index 155a05e109..cb510d6716 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ incompatible_features     0x1
 == Repairing the image file must succeed ==
 ERROR OFLAG_COPIED: offset=8000000000050000 refcount=0
 Repairing cluster 5 refcount=0 reference=1
+The following inconsistencies were found and repaired:
+
+    0 leaked clusters
+    1 corruptions
+
+Double checking the fixed image now...
 No errors were found on the image.
 incompatible_features     0x0