diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 6b0d52f732..20fe7eab74 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ struct AioContext {
      */
     uint32_t notify_me;
 
+    /* force to notify for qemu-img convert */
+    bool notify_for_convert;
+
     /* A lock to protect between QEMUBH and AioHandler adders and deleter,
      * and to ensure that no callbacks are removed while we're walking and
      * dispatching them.
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 95a24b9762..fa87265bd7 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -2525,6 +2525,9 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         s.unallocated_blocks_are_zero = bdi.unallocated_blocks_are_zero;
     }
 
+    AioContext *ctx = qemu_get_aio_context();
+    ctx->notify_for_convert = 1;
+
     ret = convert_do_copy(&s);
 out:
     if (!ret) {
diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index b1fa5319e5..e99c3fa92a 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ void aio_notify(AioContext *ctx)
      * with atomic_or in aio_ctx_prepare or atomic_add in aio_poll.
      */
     smp_mb();
-    if (ctx->notify_me) {
+    if (ctx->notify_me || ctx->notify_for_convert) {
         event_notifier_set(&ctx->notifier);
         atomic_mb_set(&ctx->notified, true);
     }
-- 
2.17.1