diff --git a/block/src/qcow_disk.rs b/block/src/qcow_disk.rs
index eb9dff600..798c354d5 100644
--- a/block/src/qcow_disk.rs
+++ b/block/src/qcow_disk.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ mod unit_tests {
     use vmm_sys_util::tempfile::TempFile;
 
     use super::*;
-    use crate::disk_file::DiskSize;
+    use crate::async_io::AsyncIo;
+    use crate::disk_file::{AsyncDiskFile, DiskSize};
     use crate::qcow::{QcowFile, RawFile};
 
     const TEST_SIZE: u64 = 0x5566_7788;
@@ -212,4 +213,28 @@ mod unit_tests {
         let disk = QcowDisk::new(file, false, false, true, false).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(disk.logical_size().unwrap(), TEST_SIZE);
     }
+
+    fn assert_async_io_from_dyn(disk: &dyn AsyncDiskFile, expect_batch: bool) {
+        let io: Box<dyn AsyncIo> = disk.create_async_io(128).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(io.batch_requests_enabled(), expect_batch);
+    }
+
+    fn assert_async_io(disk: &QcowDisk, expect_batch: bool) {
+        assert_async_io_from_dyn(disk, expect_batch);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sync_backend_disables_batch_requests() {
+        let file = make_qcow_file();
+        let disk = QcowDisk::new(file, false, false, true, false).unwrap();
+        assert_async_io(&disk, false);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "io_uring")]
+    #[test]
+    fn io_uring_backend_enables_batch_requests() {
+        let file = make_qcow_file();
+        let disk = QcowDisk::new(file, false, false, true, true).unwrap();
+        assert_async_io(&disk, true);
+    }
 }