diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index b72b872..fa1d06d 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -197,6 +197,41 @@
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Helper function for bdrv_parse_filename() implementations to remove optional
+ * protocol prefixes (especially "file:") from a filename and for putting the
+ * stripped filename into the options QDict if there is such a prefix.
+ */
+void bdrv_parse_filename_strip_prefix(const char *filename, const char *prefix,
+                                      QDict *options)
+{
+    if (strstart(filename, prefix, &filename)) {
+        /* Stripping the explicit protocol prefix may result in a protocol
+         * prefix being (wrongly) detected (if the filename contains a colon) */
+        if (path_has_protocol(filename)) {
+            QString *fat_filename;
+
+            /* This means there is some colon before the first slash; therefore,
+             * this cannot be an absolute path */
+            assert(!path_is_absolute(filename));
+
+            /* And we can thus fix the protocol detection issue by prefixing it
+             * by "./" */
+            fat_filename = qstring_from_str("./");
+            qstring_append(fat_filename, filename);
+
+            assert(!path_has_protocol(qstring_get_str(fat_filename)));
+
+            qdict_put(options, "filename", fat_filename);
+        } else {
+            /* If no protocol prefix was detected, we can use the shortened
+             * filename as-is */
+            qdict_put_str(options, "filename", filename);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 /* Returns whether the image file is opened as read-only. Note that this can
  * return false and writing to the image file is still not possible because the
  * image is inactivated. */
diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 4354d49..de2d3a2 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -381,12 +381,7 @@
 static void raw_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options,
                                Error **errp)
 {
-    /* The filename does not have to be prefixed by the protocol name, since
-     * "file" is the default protocol; therefore, the return value of this
-     * function call can be ignored. */
-    strstart(filename, "file:", &filename);
-
-    qdict_put_str(options, "filename", filename);
+    bdrv_parse_filename_strip_prefix(filename, "file:", options);
 }
 
 static QemuOptsList raw_runtime_opts = {
@@ -2395,10 +2390,7 @@
 static void hdev_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options,
                                 Error **errp)
 {
-    /* The prefix is optional, just as for "file". */
-    strstart(filename, "host_device:", &filename);
-
-    qdict_put_str(options, "filename", filename);
+    bdrv_parse_filename_strip_prefix(filename, "host_device:", options);
 }
 
 static bool hdev_is_sg(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -2697,10 +2689,7 @@
 static void cdrom_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options,
                                  Error **errp)
 {
-    /* The prefix is optional, just as for "file". */
-    strstart(filename, "host_cdrom:", &filename);
-
-    qdict_put_str(options, "filename", filename);
+    bdrv_parse_filename_strip_prefix(filename, "host_cdrom:", options);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/block/file-win32.c b/block/file-win32.c
index 8f14f0b..ef2910b 100644
--- a/block/file-win32.c
+++ b/block/file-win32.c
@@ -276,12 +276,7 @@
 static void raw_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options,
                                Error **errp)
 {
-    /* The filename does not have to be prefixed by the protocol name, since
-     * "file" is the default protocol; therefore, the return value of this
-     * function call can be ignored. */
-    strstart(filename, "file:", &filename);
-
-    qdict_put_str(options, "filename", filename);
+    bdrv_parse_filename_strip_prefix(filename, "file:", options);
 }
 
 static QemuOptsList raw_runtime_opts = {
@@ -671,10 +666,7 @@
 static void hdev_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options,
                                 Error **errp)
 {
-    /* The prefix is optional, just as for "file". */
-    strstart(filename, "host_device:", &filename);
-
-    qdict_put_str(options, "filename", filename);
+    bdrv_parse_filename_strip_prefix(filename, "host_device:", options);
 }
 
 static int hdev_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 8d3724c..e5eb473 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -682,6 +682,9 @@
 BlockDriver *bdrv_probe_all(const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size,
                             const char *filename);
 
+void bdrv_parse_filename_strip_prefix(const char *filename, const char *prefix,
+                                      QDict *options);
+
 
 /**
  * bdrv_add_before_write_notifier: