diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index ec72e27214..cb0bdb32ec 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -3971,7 +3971,7 @@ qcow2_co_create_opts(BlockDriver *drv, const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts,
     /* Create and open an external data file (protocol layer) */
     val = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, BLOCK_OPT_DATA_FILE);
     if (val) {
-        ret = bdrv_co_create_file(val, opts, true, errp);
+        ret = bdrv_co_create_file(val, opts, false, errp);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto finish;
         }
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index eb3c174eca..3b35b63cb5 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ vmdk_create_extent(const char *filename, int64_t filesize, bool flat,
     int ret;
     BlockBackend *blk = NULL;
 
-    ret = bdrv_co_create_file(filename, opts, true, errp);
+    ret = bdrv_co_create_file(filename, opts, false, errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto exit;
     }