diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index df34079..66e8602 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2230,13 +2230,27 @@
                                       BlockDriverState *new_bs)
 {
     BlockDriverState *old_bs = child->bs;
-    int i;
+    int new_bs_quiesce_counter;
+    int drain_saldo;
 
     assert(!child->frozen);
 
     if (old_bs && new_bs) {
         assert(bdrv_get_aio_context(old_bs) == bdrv_get_aio_context(new_bs));
     }
+
+    new_bs_quiesce_counter = (new_bs ? new_bs->quiesce_counter : 0);
+    drain_saldo = new_bs_quiesce_counter - child->parent_quiesce_counter;
+
+    /*
+     * If the new child node is drained but the old one was not, flush
+     * all outstanding requests to the old child node.
+     */
+    while (drain_saldo > 0 && child->role->drained_begin) {
+        bdrv_parent_drained_begin_single(child, true);
+        drain_saldo--;
+    }
+
     if (old_bs) {
         /* Detach first so that the recursive drain sections coming from @child
          * are already gone and we only end the drain sections that came from
@@ -2244,28 +2258,22 @@
         if (child->role->detach) {
             child->role->detach(child);
         }
-        while (child->parent_quiesce_counter) {
-            bdrv_parent_drained_end_single(child);
-        }
         QLIST_REMOVE(child, next_parent);
-    } else {
-        assert(child->parent_quiesce_counter == 0);
     }
 
     child->bs = new_bs;
 
     if (new_bs) {
         QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&new_bs->parents, child, next_parent);
-        if (new_bs->quiesce_counter) {
-            int num = new_bs->quiesce_counter;
-            if (child->role->parent_is_bds) {
-                num -= bdrv_drain_all_count;
-            }
-            assert(num >= 0);
-            for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-                bdrv_parent_drained_begin_single(child, true);
-            }
-        }
+
+        /*
+         * Detaching the old node may have led to the new node's
+         * quiesce_counter having been decreased.  Not a problem, we
+         * just need to recognize this here and then invoke
+         * drained_end appropriately more often.
+         */
+        assert(new_bs->quiesce_counter <= new_bs_quiesce_counter);
+        drain_saldo += new_bs->quiesce_counter - new_bs_quiesce_counter;
 
         /* Attach only after starting new drained sections, so that recursive
          * drain sections coming from @child don't get an extra .drained_begin
@@ -2274,6 +2282,15 @@
             child->role->attach(child);
         }
     }
+
+    /*
+     * If the old child node was drained but the new one is not, allow
+     * requests to come in only after the new node has been attached.
+     */
+    while (drain_saldo < 0 && child->role->drained_end) {
+        bdrv_parent_drained_end_single(child);
+        drain_saldo++;
+    }
 }
 
 /*