diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
index 480d38c7fa..24c92b9b20 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -771,18 +771,18 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteQuit(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "quit", nil, nil)
 }
 
-func (q *QMP) blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver, device, blockdevID, aio string, ro bool) map[string]interface{} {
+func (q *QMP) blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver string, blockDevice *BlockDevice) map[string]interface{} {
 	blockdevArgs := map[string]interface{}{
 		"driver":    "raw",
-		"read-only": ro,
+		"read-only": blockDevice.ReadOnly,
 		"file": map[string]interface{}{
 			"driver":   driver,
-			"filename": device,
-			"aio":      aio,
+			"filename": blockDevice.File,
+			"aio":      string(blockDevice.AIO),
 		},
 	}
 
-	blockdevArgs["node-name"] = blockdevID
+	blockdevArgs["node-name"] = blockDevice.ID
 
 	return blockdevArgs
 }
@@ -791,8 +791,8 @@ func (q *QMP) blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver, device, blockdevID, aio string, ro boo
 // path of the device to add, e.g., /dev/rdb0, and blockdevID is an identifier
 // used to name the device.  As this identifier will be passed directly to QMP,
 // it must obey QMP's naming rules, e,g., it must start with a letter.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID, aio string, ro bool) error {
-	args := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", device, blockdevID, aio, ro)
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, blockDevice *BlockDevice) error {
+	args := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", blockDevice)
 
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "blockdev-add", args, nil)
 }
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID, aio st
 // direct denotes whether use of O_DIRECT (bypass the host page cache)
 // is enabled.  noFlush denotes whether flush requests for the device are
 // ignored.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID, aio string, direct, noFlush, ro bool) error {
-	blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", device, blockdevID, aio, ro)
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(ctx context.Context, blockDevice *BlockDevice, direct, noFlush bool) error {
+	blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", blockDevice)
 
 	blockdevArgs["cache"] = map[string]interface{}{
 		"direct":   direct,
@@ -818,8 +818,8 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevI
 // ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache has three one parameter driver
 // than ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache.
 // Parameter driver can set the driver of block device.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(ctx context.Context, driver, device, blockdevID, aio string, direct, noFlush, ro bool) error {
-	blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver, device, blockdevID, aio, ro)
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(ctx context.Context, driver string, blockDevice *BlockDevice, direct, noFlush bool) error {
+	blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver, blockDevice)
 
 	blockdevArgs["cache"] = map[string]interface{}{
 		"direct":   direct,
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
index 23114a0d72..3f82fa54f9 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
@@ -400,8 +400,13 @@ func TestQMPBlockdevAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
 	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
 	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
-	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(context.Background(), "/dev/rbd0",
-		fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID), false)
+	dev := BlockDevice{
+		ID:       fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID),
+		File:     "/dev/rbd0",
+		ReadOnly: false,
+		AIO:      Native,
+	}
+	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(context.Background(), &dev)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
@@ -424,8 +429,13 @@ func TestQMPBlockdevAddWithCache(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
 	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
 	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
-	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(context.Background(), "/dev/rbd0",
-		fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID), true, true, false)
+	dev := BlockDevice{
+		ID:       fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID),
+		File:     "/dev/rbd0",
+		ReadOnly: false,
+		AIO:      Native,
+	}
+	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(context.Background(), &dev, true, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 7584b4728a..6fddd985f6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -1292,13 +1292,19 @@ func (q *qemu) hotplugAddBlockDevice(ctx context.Context, drive *config.BlockDri
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	aio := q.config.BlockDeviceAIO
+	qblkDevice := govmmQemu.BlockDevice{
+		ID:       drive.ID,
+		File:     drive.File,
+		ReadOnly: drive.ReadOnly,
+		AIO:      govmmQemu.BlockDeviceAIO(q.config.BlockDeviceAIO),
+	}
+
 	if drive.Swap {
-		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, "file", drive.File, drive.ID, aio, false, false, false)
+		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, "file", &qblkDevice, false, false)
 	} else if q.config.BlockDeviceCacheSet {
-		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, drive.File, drive.ID, aio, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheDirect, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheNoflush, drive.ReadOnly)
+		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, &qblkDevice, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheDirect, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheNoflush)
 	} else {
-		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, drive.File, drive.ID, aio, drive.ReadOnly)
+		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, &qblkDevice)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err