diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/112.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/112.out
index ae0318cabe..182655dbf6 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/112.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/112.out
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ QA output created by 112
 qemu-img: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Refcount width must be a power of two and may not exceed 64 bits
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
 qemu-img: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Refcount width must be a power of two and may not exceed 64 bits
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 refcount_bits=-1
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
 qemu-img: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Refcount width must be a power of two and may not exceed 64 bits
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
 qemu-img: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Refcount width must be a power of two and may not exceed 64 bits
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/141 b/tests/qemu-iotests/141
index 5192d256e3..6d1b7b0d4c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/141
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/141
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ test_blockjob()
     _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
         "$1" \
         "$2" \
-        | _filter_img_create | _filter_qmp_empty_return
+        | _filter_img_create_in_qmp | _filter_qmp_empty_return
 
     # We want this to return an error because the block job is still running
     _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/153 b/tests/qemu-iotests/153
index cf961d3609..11e3d28841 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/153
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/153
@@ -167,11 +167,10 @@ done
 
 echo
 echo "== Creating ${TEST_IMG}.[abc] ==" | _filter_testdir
-(
-    $QEMU_IMG create -f qcow2 "${TEST_IMG}.a" -b "${TEST_IMG}"
-    $QEMU_IMG create -f qcow2 "${TEST_IMG}.b" -b "${TEST_IMG}"
-    $QEMU_IMG create -f qcow2 "${TEST_IMG}.c" -b "${TEST_IMG}.b"
-) | _filter_img_create
+$QEMU_IMG create -f qcow2 "${TEST_IMG}.a" -b "${TEST_IMG}" | _filter_img_create
+$QEMU_IMG create -f qcow2 "${TEST_IMG}.b" -b "${TEST_IMG}" | _filter_img_create
+$QEMU_IMG create -f qcow2 "${TEST_IMG}.c" -b "${TEST_IMG}.b" \
+    | _filter_img_create
 
 echo
 echo "== Two devices sharing the same file in backing chain =="
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index 03e4f71808..6cbd5ebba6 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -122,38 +122,86 @@ _filter_actual_image_size()
 # replace driver-specific options in the "Formatting..." line
 _filter_img_create()
 {
-    data_file_filter=()
-    if data_file=$(_get_data_file "$TEST_IMG"); then
-        data_file_filter=(-e "s# data_file=$data_file##")
+    # Split the line into the pre-options part ($filename_part, which
+    # precedes ", fmt=") and the options part ($options, which starts
+    # with "fmt=")
+    readarray -td '' formatting_line < <(sed -e 's/, fmt=/\x0/')
+
+    filename_part=${formatting_line[0]}
+    if [ -n "${formatting_line[1]}" ]; then
+        options="fmt=${formatting_line[1]}"
+    else
+        options=''
+    fi
+
+    # Set grep_data_file to '\|data_file' to keep it; make it empty
+    # to drop it.
+    # We want to drop it if it is part of the global $IMGOPTS, and we
+    # want to keep it otherwise (if the test specifically wants to
+    # test data files).
+    grep_data_file='\|data_file'
+    if _get_data_file "$TEST_IMG" > /dev/null; then
+        grep_data_file=''
     fi
 
-    $SED "${data_file_filter[@]}" \
+    filename_filters=(
         -e "s#$REMOTE_TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$IMGPROTO:$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$SOCK_DIR#SOCK_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g" \
         -e 's#nbd:127.0.0.1:[0-9]\\+#TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT#g' \
-        -e 's#nbd+unix:///\??socket=SOCK_DIR/nbd#TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT#g' \
-        -e "s# encryption=off##g" \
-        -e "s# cluster_size=[0-9]\\+##g" \
-        -e "s# table_size=[0-9]\\+##g" \
-        -e "s# compat=[^ ]*##g" \
-        -e "s# compat6=\\(on\\|off\\)##g" \
-        -e "s# static=\\(on\\|off\\)##g" \
-        -e "s# zeroed_grain=\\(on\\|off\\)##g" \
-        -e "s# subformat=[^ ]*##g" \
-        -e "s# adapter_type=[^ ]*##g" \
-        -e "s# hwversion=[^ ]*##g" \
-        -e "s# lazy_refcounts=\\(on\\|off\\)##g" \
-        -e "s# block_size=[0-9]\\+##g" \
-        -e "s# block_state_zero=\\(on\\|off\\)##g" \
-        -e "s# log_size=[0-9]\\+##g" \
-        -e "s# refcount_bits=[0-9]\\+##g" \
-        -e "s# key-secret=[a-zA-Z0-9]\\+##g" \
-        -e "s# iter-time=[0-9]\\+##g" \
-        -e "s# force_size=\\(on\\|off\\)##g" \
-        -e "s# compression_type=[a-zA-Z0-9]\\+##g"
+        -e 's#nbd+unix:///\??socket=SOCK_DIR/nbd#TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT#g'
+    )
+
+    filename_part=$(echo "$filename_part" | $SED "${filename_filters[@]}")
+
+    # Break the option line before each option (preserving pre-existing
+    # line breaks by replacing them by \0 and restoring them at the end),
+    # then filter out the options we want to keep and sort them according
+    # to some order that all block drivers used at the time of writing
+    # this function.
+    options=$(
+        echo "$options" \
+        | tr '\n' '\0' \
+        | $SED -e 's/\x0$//' -e 's/ \([a-z0-9_.-]*\)=/\n\1=/g' \
+        | grep -ae "^\(fmt\\|size\\|backing\\|preallocation\\|encrypt$grep_data_file\\)" \
+        | $SED "${filename_filters[@]}" \
+            -e 's/^\(fmt\)/0-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(size\)/1-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(backing\)/2-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(data_file\)/3-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(encryption\)/4-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(encrypt\.format\)/5-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(encrypt\.key-secret\)/6-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(encrypt\.iter-time\)/7-\1/' \
+            -e 's/^\(preallocation\)/8-\1/' \
+        | sort \
+        | $SED -e 's/^[0-9]-//' \
+        | tr '\n\0' ' \n' \
+        | $SED -e 's/^ *$//' -e 's/ *$//'
+    )
+
+    if [ -n "$options" ]; then
+        echo "$filename_part, $options"
+    elif [ -n "$filename_part" ]; then
+        echo "$filename_part"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Filter the "Formatting..." line in QMP output (leaving the QMP output
+# untouched)
+# (In contrast to _filter_img_create(), this function does not support
+# multi-line Formatting output)
+_filter_img_create_in_qmp()
+{
+    while read -r line; do
+        if echo "$line" | grep -q '^Formatting'; then
+            echo "$line" | _filter_img_create
+        else
+            echo "$line"
+        fi
+    done
 }
 
 _filter_img_create_size()
