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diff --git a/ioengines.c b/ioengines.c
index e78b4f79..1bfc06f9 100644
--- a/ioengines.c
+++ b/ioengines.c
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ static struct ioengine_ops *__load_ioengine(const char *name)
 	/*
 	 * linux libaio has alias names, so convert to what we want
 	 */
-	if (!strncmp(engine, "linuxaio", 8) || !strncmp(engine, "aio", 3))
+	if (!strncmp(engine, "linuxaio", 8) || !strncmp(engine, "aio", 3)) {
+		dprint(FD_IO, "converting ioengine name: %s -> libaio\n", name);
 		strcpy(engine, "libaio");
+	}
 
 	dprint(FD_IO, "load ioengine %s\n", engine);
 	return find_ioengine(engine);
@@ -143,17 +145,30 @@ static struct ioengine_ops *__load_ioengine(const char *name)
 struct ioengine_ops *load_ioengine(struct thread_data *td)
 {
 	struct ioengine_ops *ops = NULL;
-	const char *name = NULL;
+	const char *name;
 
-	if (strcmp(td->o.ioengine, "external")) {
-		name = td->o.ioengine;
-		ops = __load_ioengine(name);
-	} else if (td->o.ioengine_so_path) {
-		name = td->o.ioengine_so_path;
+	/*
+	 * Use ->ioengine_so_path if an external ioengine path is specified.
+	 * In this case, ->ioengine is "external" which also means the prefix
+	 * for external ioengines "external:" is properly used.
+	 */
+	name = td->o.ioengine_so_path ?: td->o.ioengine;
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to load ->ioengine first, and if failed try to dlopen(3) either
+	 * ->ioengine or ->ioengine_so_path.  This is redundant for an external
+	 * ioengine with prefix, and also leaves the possibility of unexpected
+	 * behavior (e.g. if the "external" ioengine exists), but we do this
+	 * so as not to break job files not using the prefix.
+	 */
+	ops = __load_ioengine(td->o.ioengine);
+	if (!ops)
 		ops = dlopen_ioengine(td, name);
-	} else
-		log_err("fio: missing external ioengine path\n");
 
+	/*
+	 * If ops is NULL, we failed to load ->ioengine, and also failed to
+	 * dlopen(3) either ->ioengine or ->ioengine_so_path as a path.
+	 */
 	if (!ops) {
 		log_err("fio: engine %s not loadable\n", name);
 		return NULL;
@@ -329,8 +344,8 @@ int td_io_queue(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
 	    td->o.odirect) {
 
 		log_info("fio: first direct IO errored. File system may not "
-			 "support direct IO, or iomem_align= is bad. Try "
-			 "setting direct=0.\n");
+			 "support direct IO, or iomem_align= is bad, or "
+			 "invalid block size. Try setting direct=0.\n");
 	}
 
 	if (!td->io_ops->commit || io_u->ddir == DDIR_TRIM) {
@@ -423,6 +438,7 @@ int td_io_open_file(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 {
 	assert(!fio_file_open(f));
 	assert(f->fd == -1);
+	assert(td->io_ops->open_file);
 
 	if (td->io_ops->open_file(td, f)) {
 		if (td->error == EINVAL && td->o.odirect)