diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index 9790411bf0..cc9f1a5891 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ _filter_hmp()
 # replace block job offset
 _filter_block_job_offset()
 {
-    sed -e 's/, "offset": [0-9]\+,/, "offset": OFFSET,/'
+    gsed -e 's/, "offset": [0-9]\+,/, "offset": OFFSET,/'
 }
 
 # replace block job len
 _filter_block_job_len()
 {
-    sed -e 's/, "len": [0-9]\+,/, "len": LEN,/g'
+    gsed -e 's/, "len": [0-9]\+,/, "len": LEN,/g'
 }
 
 # replace actual image size (depends on the host filesystem)