diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 0eaba880602ffb1e99c76e0660bcb901f9b9ecb9..3393ede0e1c6d8d52e394e5d6d88719f88542d88 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,11 @@ static int coroutine_fn mirror_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
 
         job_pause_point(&s->common.job);
 
+        if (job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job)) {
+            ret = 0;
+            goto immediate_exit;
+        }
+
         cnt = bdrv_get_dirty_count(s->dirty_bitmap);
         /* cnt is the number of dirty bytes remaining and s->bytes_in_flight is
          * the number of bytes currently being processed; together those are
@@ -1085,8 +1090,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn mirror_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
             break;
         }
 
-        ret = 0;
-
         if (job_is_ready(&s->common.job) && !should_complete) {
             delay_ns = (s->in_flight == 0 &&
                         cnt == 0 ? BLOCK_JOB_SLICE_TIME : 0);
@@ -1094,9 +1097,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn mirror_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
         trace_mirror_before_sleep(s, cnt, job_is_ready(&s->common.job),
                                   delay_ns);
         job_sleep_ns(&s->common.job, delay_ns);
-        if (job_is_cancelled(&s->common.job)) {
-            break;
-        }
         s->last_pause_ns = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME);
     }