diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 5145eb53e1..1bdce3b657 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ static unsigned mirror_perform(MirrorBlockJob *s, int64_t offset,
     return bytes_handled;
 }
 
-static void coroutine_fn GRAPH_RDLOCK mirror_iteration(MirrorBlockJob *s)
+static void coroutine_fn GRAPH_UNLOCKED mirror_iteration(MirrorBlockJob *s)
 {
-    BlockDriverState *source = s->mirror_top_bs->backing->bs;
+    BlockDriverState *source;
     MirrorOp *pseudo_op;
     int64_t offset;
     /* At least the first dirty chunk is mirrored in one iteration. */
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ static void coroutine_fn GRAPH_RDLOCK mirror_iteration(MirrorBlockJob *s)
     bool write_zeroes_ok = bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(blk_bs(s->target));
     int max_io_bytes = MAX(s->buf_size / MAX_IN_FLIGHT, MAX_IO_BYTES);
 
+    bdrv_graph_co_rdlock();
+    source = s->mirror_top_bs->backing->bs;
+    bdrv_graph_co_rdunlock();
+
     bdrv_dirty_bitmap_lock(s->dirty_bitmap);
     offset = bdrv_dirty_iter_next(s->dbi);
     if (offset < 0) {
@@ -1066,9 +1070,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn mirror_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
                 mirror_wait_for_free_in_flight_slot(s);
                 continue;
             } else if (cnt != 0) {
-                bdrv_graph_co_rdlock();
                 mirror_iteration(s);
-                bdrv_graph_co_rdunlock();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/job.h b/include/qemu/job.h
index 9ea98b5927..2b873f2576 100644
--- a/include/qemu/job.h
+++ b/include/qemu/job.h
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void job_enter(Job *job);
  *
  * Called with job_mutex *not* held.
  */
-void coroutine_fn job_pause_point(Job *job);
+void coroutine_fn GRAPH_UNLOCKED job_pause_point(Job *job);
 
 /**
  * @job: The job that calls the function.