diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index 7a49ac0..e14579f 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -41,14 +41,9 @@
                                         int64_t offset, uint64_t bytes,
                                         void *buf)
 {
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = buf,
-        .iov_len  = bytes,
-    };
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, bytes);
 
     assert(bytes < SIZE_MAX);
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
 
     /* Copy-on-read the unallocated clusters */
     return blk_co_preadv(blk, offset, qiov.size, &qiov, BDRV_REQ_COPY_ON_READ);