1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index a1f3cecd75..933ff49b10 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2995,11 +2995,9 @@ int bdrv_open_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *parent_options,
 
     /* Hook up the backing file link; drop our reference, bs owns the
      * backing_hd reference now */
-    bdrv_set_backing_hd(bs, backing_hd, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_set_backing_hd(bs, backing_hd, errp);
     bdrv_unref(backing_hd);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-        ret = -EINVAL;
+    if (ret < 0) {
         goto free_exit;
     }