diff --git a/include/qemu/job.h b/include/qemu/job.h
index 90f6abbd6a..6e67b6977f 100644
--- a/include/qemu/job.h
+++ b/include/qemu/job.h
@@ -436,9 +436,15 @@ const char *job_type_str(const Job *job);
 /** Returns true if the job should not be visible to the management layer. */
 bool job_is_internal(Job *job);
 
-/** Returns whether the job is scheduled for cancellation. */
+/** Returns whether the job is being cancelled. */
 bool job_is_cancelled(Job *job);
 
+/**
+ * Returns whether the job is scheduled for cancellation (at an
+ * indefinite point).
+ */
+bool job_cancel_requested(Job *job);
+
 /** Returns whether the job is in a completed state. */
 bool job_is_completed(Job *job);
 
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 010b9e1672..2d9642cb00 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn mirror_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
         /* Transition to the READY state and wait for complete. */
         job_transition_to_ready(&s->common.job);
         s->actively_synced = true;
-        while (!job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job) && !s->should_complete) {
+        while (!job_cancel_requested(&s->common.job) && !s->should_complete) {
             job_yield(&s->common.job);
         }
         s->common.job.cancelled = false;
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn mirror_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
             }
 
             should_complete = s->should_complete ||
-                job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job);
+                job_cancel_requested(&s->common.job);
             cnt = bdrv_get_dirty_count(s->dirty_bitmap);
         }
 
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn mirror_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
         trace_mirror_before_sleep(s, cnt, job_is_ready(&s->common.job),
                                   delay_ns);
         job_sleep_ns(&s->common.job, delay_ns);
-        if (job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job) && s->common.job.force_cancel) {
+        if (job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job)) {
             break;
         }
         s->last_pause_ns = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME);
@@ -1106,9 +1106,7 @@ immediate_exit:
          * or it was cancelled prematurely so that we do not guarantee that
          * the target is a copy of the source.
          */
-        assert(ret < 0 ||
-               (s->common.job.force_cancel &&
-                job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job)));
+        assert(ret < 0 || job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job));
         assert(need_drain);
         mirror_wait_for_all_io(s);
     }
diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
index 44e741ebd4..b0cf2d8374 100644
--- a/job.c
+++ b/job.c
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ const char *job_type_str(const Job *job)
 }
 
 bool job_is_cancelled(Job *job)
+{
+    return job->cancelled && job->force_cancel;
+}
+
+bool job_cancel_requested(Job *job)
 {
     return job->cancelled;
 }
@@ -798,7 +803,7 @@ static void job_completed_txn_abort(Job *job)
         ctx = other_job->aio_context;
         aio_context_acquire(ctx);
         if (!job_is_completed(other_job)) {
-            assert(job_is_cancelled(other_job));
+            assert(job_cancel_requested(other_job));
             job_finish_sync(other_job, NULL, NULL);
         }
         job_finalize_single(other_job);
@@ -977,6 +982,11 @@ void job_cancel(Job *job, bool force)
          * job_cancel_async() ignores soft-cancel requests for jobs
          * that are already done (i.e. deferred to the main loop).  We
          * have to check again whether the job is really cancelled.
+         * (job_cancel_requested() and job_is_cancelled() are equivalent
+         * here, because job_cancel_async() will make soft-cancel
+         * requests no-ops when deferred_to_main_loop is true.  We
+         * choose to call job_is_cancelled() to show that we invoke
+         * job_completed_txn_abort() only for force-cancelled jobs.)
          */
         if (job_is_cancelled(job)) {
             job_completed_txn_abort(job);
@@ -1044,7 +1054,7 @@ void job_complete(Job *job, Error **errp)
     if (job_apply_verb(job, JOB_VERB_COMPLETE, errp)) {
         return;
     }
-    if (job_is_cancelled(job) || !job->driver->complete) {
+    if (job_cancel_requested(job) || !job->driver->complete) {
         error_setg(errp, "The active block job '%s' cannot be completed",
                    job->id);
         return;
