diff --git a/block/src/formats/qcow/internal/mod.rs b/block/src/formats/qcow/internal/mod.rs
index 56f7660e4..e383e3d81 100644
--- a/block/src/formats/qcow/internal/mod.rs
+++ b/block/src/formats/qcow/internal/mod.rs
@@ -2727,6 +2727,16 @@ mod unit_tests {
         ));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn backing_file_offset_past_cluster() {
+        let cluster_size = 1u64 << DEFAULT_CLUSTER_BITS;
+        let err = read_header_with_patched_backing(cluster_size + 4096, 16).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            err,
+            Error::BackingFileOutsideFirstCluster(_, _, _)
+        ));
+    }
+
     /// Helper to create a test file with header extensions
     fn create_header_with_extension(ext_type: u32, ext_data: &[u8]) -> (RawFile, QcowHeader) {
         let header = QcowHeader::create_for_size_and_path(3, 0x10_0000, None)