diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 3800dbd222..28f12b08c8 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -2044,11 +2044,10 @@ out:
     return result;
 }
 
-static int coroutine_fn raw_thread_pool_submit(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                               ThreadPoolFunc func, void *arg)
+static int coroutine_fn raw_thread_pool_submit(ThreadPoolFunc func, void *arg)
 {
     /* @bs can be NULL, bdrv_get_aio_context() returns the main context then */
-    ThreadPool *pool = aio_get_thread_pool(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
+    ThreadPool *pool = aio_get_thread_pool(qemu_get_current_aio_context());
     return thread_pool_submit_co(pool, func, arg);
 }
 
@@ -2116,7 +2115,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn raw_co_prw(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
     };
 
     assert(qiov->size == bytes);
-    return raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handle_aiocb_rw, &acb);
+    return raw_thread_pool_submit(handle_aiocb_rw, &acb);
 }
 
 static int coroutine_fn raw_co_preadv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
@@ -2186,7 +2185,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn raw_co_flush_to_disk(BlockDriverState *bs)
         return luring_co_submit(bs, s->fd, 0, NULL, QEMU_AIO_FLUSH);
     }
 #endif
-    return raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handle_aiocb_flush, &acb);
+    return raw_thread_pool_submit(handle_aiocb_flush, &acb);
 }
 
 static void raw_aio_attach_aio_context(BlockDriverState *bs,
@@ -2248,7 +2247,7 @@ raw_regular_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd, int64_t offset,
         },
     };
 
-    return raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handle_aiocb_truncate, &acb);
+    return raw_thread_pool_submit(handle_aiocb_truncate, &acb);
 }
 
 static int coroutine_fn raw_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
@@ -2998,7 +2997,7 @@ raw_do_pdiscard(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int64_t bytes,
         acb.aio_type |= QEMU_AIO_BLKDEV;
     }
 
-    ret = raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handle_aiocb_discard, &acb);
+    ret = raw_thread_pool_submit(handle_aiocb_discard, &acb);
     raw_account_discard(s, bytes, ret);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -3073,7 +3072,7 @@ raw_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int64_t bytes,
         handler = handle_aiocb_write_zeroes;
     }
 
-    return raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handler, &acb);
+    return raw_thread_pool_submit(handler, &acb);
 }
 
 static int coroutine_fn raw_co_pwrite_zeroes(
@@ -3284,7 +3283,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn raw_co_copy_range_to(BlockDriverState *bs,
         },
     };
 
-    return raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handle_aiocb_copy_range, &acb);
+    return raw_thread_pool_submit(handle_aiocb_copy_range, &acb);
 }
 
 BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
@@ -3614,7 +3613,7 @@ hdev_co_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs, unsigned long int req, void *buf)
         struct sg_io_hdr *io_hdr = buf;
         if (io_hdr->cmdp[0] == PERSISTENT_RESERVE_OUT ||
             io_hdr->cmdp[0] == PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN) {
-            return pr_manager_execute(s->pr_mgr, bdrv_get_aio_context(bs),
+            return pr_manager_execute(s->pr_mgr, qemu_get_current_aio_context(),
                                       s->fd, io_hdr);
         }
     }
@@ -3630,7 +3629,7 @@ hdev_co_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs, unsigned long int req, void *buf)
         },
     };
 
-    return raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handle_aiocb_ioctl, &acb);
+    return raw_thread_pool_submit(handle_aiocb_ioctl, &acb);
 }
 #endif /* linux */
 
diff --git a/block/file-win32.c b/block/file-win32.c
index ec9d64d0e4..3d7f59a592 100644
--- a/block/file-win32.c
+++ b/block/file-win32.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static BlockAIOCB *paio_submit(BlockDriverState *bs, HANDLE hfile,
     acb->aio_offset = offset;
 
     trace_file_paio_submit(acb, opaque, offset, count, type);
-    pool = aio_get_thread_pool(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
+    pool = aio_get_thread_pool(qemu_get_current_aio_context());
     return thread_pool_submit_aio(pool, aio_worker, acb, cb, opaque);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/qcow2-threads.c b/block/qcow2-threads.c
index 1914baf456..9e370acbb3 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-threads.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-threads.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ qcow2_co_process(BlockDriverState *bs, ThreadPoolFunc *func, void *arg)
 {
     int ret;
     BDRVQcow2State *s = bs->opaque;
-    ThreadPool *pool = aio_get_thread_pool(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
+    ThreadPool *pool = aio_get_thread_pool(qemu_get_current_aio_context());
 
     qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->lock);
     while (s->nb_threads >= QCOW2_MAX_THREADS) {
diff --git a/util/thread-pool.c b/util/thread-pool.c
index 31113b5860..0e26687e97 100644
--- a/util/thread-pool.c
+++ b/util/thread-pool.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct ThreadPoolElement {
     /* Access to this list is protected by lock.  */
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(ThreadPoolElement) reqs;
 
-    /* Access to this list is protected by the global mutex.  */
+    /* This list is only written by the thread pool's mother thread.  */
     QLIST_ENTRY(ThreadPoolElement) all;
 };
 
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ BlockAIOCB *thread_pool_submit_aio(ThreadPool *pool,
 {
     ThreadPoolElement *req;
 
+    /* Assert that the thread submitting work is the same running the pool */
+    assert(pool->ctx == qemu_get_current_aio_context());
+
     req = qemu_aio_get(&thread_pool_aiocb_info, NULL, cb, opaque);
     req->func = func;
     req->arg = arg;
