diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 29869987a9..af2ab4f3ea 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ void path_combine(char *dest, int dest_size,
     }
 }
 
+void bdrv_get_full_backing_filename(BlockDriverState *bs, char *dest, size_t sz)
+{
+    if (bs->backing_file[0] == '\0' || path_has_protocol(bs->backing_file)) {
+        pstrcpy(dest, sz, bs->backing_file);
+    } else {
+        path_combine(dest, sz, bs->filename, bs->backing_file);
+    }
+}
+
 void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv)
 {
     /* Block drivers without coroutine functions need emulation */
@@ -796,14 +805,8 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
         BlockDriver *back_drv = NULL;
 
         bs->backing_hd = bdrv_new("");
-
-        if (path_has_protocol(bs->backing_file)) {
-            pstrcpy(backing_filename, sizeof(backing_filename),
-                    bs->backing_file);
-        } else {
-            path_combine(backing_filename, sizeof(backing_filename),
-                         filename, bs->backing_file);
-        }
+        bdrv_get_full_backing_filename(bs, backing_filename,
+                                       sizeof(backing_filename));
 
         if (bs->backing_format[0] != '\0') {
             back_drv = bdrv_find_format(bs->backing_format);
diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index f163e54b5f..7408acc5cd 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ int bdrv_get_info(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverInfo *bdi);
 const char *bdrv_get_encrypted_filename(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_get_backing_filename(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                char *filename, int filename_size);
+void bdrv_get_full_backing_filename(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                    char *dest, size_t sz);
 int bdrv_can_snapshot(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_is_snapshot(BlockDriverState *bs);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_snapshots(void);
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 0ae543cade..5434ddc5ee 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -1138,11 +1138,13 @@ static int img_info(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     bdrv_get_backing_filename(bs, backing_filename, sizeof(backing_filename));
     if (backing_filename[0] != '\0') {
-        path_combine(backing_filename2, sizeof(backing_filename2),
-                     filename, backing_filename);
-        printf("backing file: %s (actual path: %s)\n",
-               backing_filename,
-               backing_filename2);
+        bdrv_get_full_backing_filename(bs, backing_filename2,
+                                       sizeof(backing_filename2));
+        printf("backing file: %s", backing_filename);
+        if (strcmp(backing_filename, backing_filename2) != 0) {
+            printf(" (actual path: %s)", backing_filename2);
+        }
+        putchar('\n');
     }
     dump_snapshots(bs);
     bdrv_delete(bs);