diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index 5f66787890..253cc716dd 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -1494,8 +1494,8 @@ static int vvfat_read(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                 DLOG(fprintf(stderr, "sectors %" PRId64 "+%" PRId64
                              " allocated\n", sector_num,
                              n >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS));
-                if (bdrv_read(s->qcow, sector_num, buf + i * 0x200,
-                              n >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS)) {
+                if (bdrv_pread(s->qcow, sector_num * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
+                               buf + i * 0x200, n) < 0) {
                     return -1;
                 }
                 i += (n >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS) - 1;
@@ -1983,8 +1983,9 @@ static uint32_t get_cluster_count_for_direntry(BDRVVVFATState* s,
                         if (res) {
                             return -1;
                         }
-                        res = bdrv_write(s->qcow, offset, s->cluster_buffer, 1);
-                        if (res) {
+                        res = bdrv_pwrite(s->qcow, offset * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
+                                          s->cluster_buffer, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
+                        if (res < 0) {
                             return -2;
                         }
                     }
@@ -3050,7 +3051,8 @@ DLOG(checkpoint());
      * Use qcow backend. Commit later.
      */
 DLOG(fprintf(stderr, "Write to qcow backend: %d + %d\n", (int)sector_num, nb_sectors));
-    ret = bdrv_write(s->qcow, sector_num, buf, nb_sectors);
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(s->qcow, sector_num * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, buf,
+                      nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
     if (ret < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error writing to qcow backend\n");
         return ret;