diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/040 b/tests/qemu-iotests/040
index f58f50d023..71c6d7f621 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/040
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/040
@@ -734,6 +734,183 @@ class TestErrorHandling(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(iotests.compare_images(mid_img, backing_img, fmt2='raw'),
                         'target image does not match source after commit')
 
+class TestCommitWithFilters(iotests.QMPTestCase):
+    img0 = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, '0.img')
+    img1 = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, '1.img')
+    img2 = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, '2.img')
+    img3 = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, '3.img')
+
+    def do_test_io(self, read_or_write):
+        for index, pattern_file in enumerate(self.pattern_files):
+            result = qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt,
+                             '-c',
+                             f'{read_or_write} -P {index + 1} {index}M 1M',
+                             pattern_file)
+            self.assertFalse('Pattern verification failed' in result)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        qemu_img('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, self.img0, '64M')
+        qemu_img('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, self.img1, '64M')
+        qemu_img('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, self.img2, '64M')
+        qemu_img('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, self.img3, '64M')
+
+        # Distributions of the patterns in the files; this is checked
+        # by tearDown() and should be changed by the test cases as is
+        # necessary
+        self.pattern_files = [self.img0, self.img1, self.img2, self.img3]
+
+        self.do_test_io('write')
+
+        self.vm = iotests.VM()
+        self.vm.launch()
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('object-add', qom_type='throttle-group', id='tg')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('blockdev-add', **{
+                'node-name': 'top-filter',
+                'driver': 'throttle',
+                'throttle-group': 'tg',
+                'file': {
+                    'node-name': 'cow-3',
+                    'driver': iotests.imgfmt,
+                    'file': {
+                        'driver': 'file',
+                        'filename': self.img3
+                    },
+                    'backing': {
+                        'node-name': 'cow-2',
+                        'driver': iotests.imgfmt,
+                        'file': {
+                            'driver': 'file',
+                            'filename': self.img2
+                        },
+                        'backing': {
+                            'node-name': 'cow-1',
+                            'driver': iotests.imgfmt,
+                            'file': {
+                                'driver': 'file',
+                                'filename': self.img1
+                            },
+                            'backing': {
+                                'node-name': 'bottom-filter',
+                                'driver': 'throttle',
+                                'throttle-group': 'tg',
+                                'file': {
+                                    'node-name': 'cow-0',
+                                    'driver': iotests.imgfmt,
+                                    'file': {
+                                        'driver': 'file',
+                                        'filename': self.img0
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.vm.shutdown()
+        self.do_test_io('read')
+
+        os.remove(self.img3)
+        os.remove(self.img2)
+        os.remove(self.img1)
+        os.remove(self.img0)
+
+    # Filters make for funny filenames, so we cannot just use
+    # self.imgX to get them
+    def get_filename(self, node):
+        return self.vm.node_info(node)['image']['filename']
+
+    def test_filterless_commit(self):
+        result = self.vm.qmp('block-commit',
+                             job_id='commit',
+                             device='top-filter',
+                             top_node='cow-2',
+                             base_node='cow-1')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+        self.wait_until_completed(drive='commit')
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-3'))
+        self.assertIsNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-2'))
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-1'))
+
+        # 2 has been comitted into 1
+        self.pattern_files[2] = self.img1
+
+    def test_commit_through_filter(self):
+        result = self.vm.qmp('block-commit',
+                             job_id='commit',
+                             device='top-filter',
+                             top_node='cow-1',
+                             base_node='cow-0')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+        self.wait_until_completed(drive='commit')
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-2'))
+        self.assertIsNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-1'))
+        self.assertIsNone(self.vm.node_info('bottom-filter'))
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-0'))
+
+        # 1 has been comitted into 0
+        self.pattern_files[1] = self.img0
+
+    def test_filtered_active_commit_with_filter(self):
+        # Add a device, so the commit job finds a parent it can change
+        # to point to the base node (so we can test that top-filter is
+        # dropped from the graph)
+        result = self.vm.qmp('device_add', id='drv0', driver='virtio-blk',
+                             drive='top-filter')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+
+        # Try to release our reference to top-filter; that should not
+        # work because drv0 uses it
+        result = self.vm.qmp('blockdev-del', node_name='top-filter')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/class', 'GenericError')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc', 'Node top-filter is in use')
+
+        result = self.vm.qmp('block-commit',
+                             job_id='commit',
+                             device='top-filter',
+                             base_node='cow-2')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+        self.complete_and_wait(drive='commit')
+
+        # Try to release our reference to top-filter again
+        result = self.vm.qmp('blockdev-del', node_name='top-filter')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+
+        self.assertIsNone(self.vm.node_info('top-filter'))
+        self.assertIsNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-3'))
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-2'))
+
+        # Check that drv0 is now connected to cow-2
+        blockdevs = self.vm.qmp('query-block')['return']
+        drv0 = next(dev for dev in blockdevs if '/drv0' in dev['qdev'])
+        self.assertEqual(drv0['inserted']['node-name'], 'cow-2')
+
+        # 3 has been comitted into 2
+        self.pattern_files[3] = self.img2
+
+    def test_filtered_active_commit_without_filter(self):
+        result = self.vm.qmp('block-commit',
+                             job_id='commit',
+                             device='top-filter',
+                             top_node='cow-3',
+                             base_node='cow-2')
+        self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+        self.complete_and_wait(drive='commit')
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.vm.node_info('top-filter'))
+        self.assertIsNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-3'))
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.vm.node_info('cow-2'))
+
+        # 3 has been comitted into 2
+        self.pattern_files[3] = self.img2
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2', 'qed'],
                  supported_protocols=['file'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out
index 6a917130b6..4823c113d5 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/040.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-...........................................................
+...............................................................
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Ran 59 tests
+Ran 63 tests
 
 OK
