diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index a1d6b9e249394ddd43d9ba99026e3f48f31dffc2..ae6f354e6ccec28b7abf011e385a802e921f8bba 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -554,6 +554,14 @@ static inline bool in_aio_context_home_thread(AioContext *ctx)
  */
 void aio_context_setup(AioContext *ctx);
 
+/**
+ * aio_context_destroy:
+ * @ctx: the aio context
+ *
+ * Destroy the aio context.
+ */
+void aio_context_destroy(AioContext *ctx);
+
 /**
  * aio_context_set_poll_params:
  * @ctx: the aio context
diff --git a/util/aio-posix.c b/util/aio-posix.c
index d8f0cb4af8dde5cc591a49b4cb853d786e6a2308..118bf5784b8e190cbb9408a836f297dbde32d377 100644
--- a/util/aio-posix.c
+++ b/util/aio-posix.c
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ struct AioHandler
 
 static void aio_epoll_disable(AioContext *ctx)
 {
-    ctx->epoll_available = false;
-    if (!ctx->epoll_enabled) {
+    ctx->epoll_enabled = false;
+    if (!ctx->epoll_available) {
         return;
     }
-    ctx->epoll_enabled = false;
+    ctx->epoll_available = false;
     close(ctx->epollfd);
 }
 
@@ -713,6 +713,13 @@ void aio_context_setup(AioContext *ctx)
 #endif
 }
 
+void aio_context_destroy(AioContext *ctx)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1
+    aio_epoll_disable(ctx);
+#endif
+}
+
 void aio_context_set_poll_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_ns,
                                  int64_t grow, int64_t shrink, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/util/aio-win32.c b/util/aio-win32.c
index a67b00c6ad80c21ba56af974d4be5f740178dda4..e676a8d9b27f137a71e827f1c5515480fa661111 100644
--- a/util/aio-win32.c
+++ b/util/aio-win32.c
@@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ void aio_context_setup(AioContext *ctx)
 {
 }
 
+void aio_context_destroy(AioContext *ctx)
+{
+}
+
 void aio_context_set_poll_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_ns,
                                  int64_t grow, int64_t shrink, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index 4dd9d95a9e73baea23166a3a7fe023d449209338..03f62787f24ac5a59313f005eac818be43f1829a 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ aio_ctx_finalize(GSource     *source)
     qemu_rec_mutex_destroy(&ctx->lock);
     qemu_lockcnt_destroy(&ctx->list_lock);
     timerlistgroup_deinit(&ctx->tlg);
+    aio_context_destroy(ctx);
 }
 
 static GSourceFuncs aio_source_funcs = {