diff --git a/block/replication.c b/block/replication.c
index b844a09eb1..dcd430624e 100644
--- a/block/replication.c
+++ b/block/replication.c
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ static void reopen_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, bool writable,
 {
     BDRVReplicationState *s = bs->opaque;
     BlockReopenQueue *reopen_queue = NULL;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (writable) {
         s->orig_hidden_read_only = bdrv_is_read_only(s->hidden_disk->bs);
@@ -392,8 +391,7 @@ static void reopen_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, bool writable,
     }
 
     if (reopen_queue) {
-        bdrv_reopen_multiple(reopen_queue, &local_err);
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        bdrv_reopen_multiple(reopen_queue, errp);
     }
 
     bdrv_subtree_drained_end(s->hidden_disk->bs);
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 1f254e7110..59b0b8ffaf 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@ DriveInfo *drive_new(QemuOpts *all_opts, BlockInterfaceType block_default_type,
     bool read_only = false;
     bool copy_on_read;
     const char *filename;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     int i;
 
     /* Change legacy command line options into QMP ones */
@@ -1003,13 +1002,10 @@ DriveInfo *drive_new(QemuOpts *all_opts, BlockInterfaceType block_default_type,
     }
 
     /* Actual block device init: Functionality shared with blockdev-add */
-    blk = blockdev_init(filename, bs_opts, &local_err);
+    blk = blockdev_init(filename, bs_opts, errp);
     bs_opts = NULL;
     if (!blk) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto fail;
-    } else {
-        assert(!local_err);
     }
 
     /* Create legacy DriveInfo */
@@ -3141,9 +3137,8 @@ void qmp_drive_mirror(DriveMirror *arg, Error **errp)
                            arg->has_copy_mode, arg->copy_mode,
                            arg->has_auto_finalize, arg->auto_finalize,
                            arg->has_auto_dismiss, arg->auto_dismiss,
-                           &local_err);
+                           errp);
     bdrv_unref(target_bs);
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
@@ -3171,7 +3166,6 @@ void qmp_blockdev_mirror(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id,
     AioContext *aio_context;
     AioContext *old_context;
     BlockMirrorBackingMode backing_mode = MIRROR_LEAVE_BACKING_CHAIN;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool zero_target;
     int ret;
 
@@ -3213,8 +3207,7 @@ void qmp_blockdev_mirror(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id,
                            has_copy_mode, copy_mode,
                            has_auto_finalize, auto_finalize,
                            has_auto_dismiss, auto_dismiss,
-                           &local_err);
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+                           errp);
 out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
@@ -3433,8 +3426,7 @@ void qmp_change_backing_file(const char *device,
     }
 
     if (ro) {
-        bdrv_reopen_set_read_only(image_bs, true, &local_err);
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        bdrv_reopen_set_read_only(image_bs, true, errp);
     }
 
 out:
diff --git a/bootdevice.c b/bootdevice.c
index 8185402a5a..add4e3d2d1 100644
--- a/bootdevice.c
+++ b/bootdevice.c
@@ -303,15 +303,13 @@ static void device_set_bootindex(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     /* check whether bootindex is present in fw_boot_order list  */
     check_boot_index(boot_index, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
-        goto out;
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return;
     }
     /* change bootindex to a new one */
     *prop->bootindex = boot_index;
 
     add_boot_device_path(*prop->bootindex, prop->dev, prop->suffix);
-
-out:
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
 static void property_release_bootindex(Object *obj, const char *name,
diff --git a/dump/dump.c b/dump/dump.c
index 248ea06370..383bc7876b 100644
--- a/dump/dump.c
+++ b/dump/dump.c
@@ -1031,14 +1031,11 @@ out:
 
 static void write_dump_header(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
 {
-     Error *local_err = NULL;
-
     if (s->dump_info.d_class == ELFCLASS32) {
-        create_header32(s, &local_err);
+        create_header32(s, errp);
     } else {
-        create_header64(s, &local_err);
+        create_header64(s, errp);
     }
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
 static size_t dump_bitmap_get_bufsize(DumpState *s)
diff --git a/hw/block/fdc.c b/hw/block/fdc.c
index f22f46c9c9..e9ed3eef45 100644
--- a/hw/block/fdc.c
+++ b/hw/block/fdc.c
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ static void fdctrl_connect_drives(FDCtrl *fdctrl, DeviceState *fdc_dev,
     FDrive *drive;
     DeviceState *dev;
     BlockBackend *blk;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    bool ok;
     const char *fdc_name, *drive_suffix;
 
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_FD; i++) {
@@ -2567,11 +2567,9 @@ static void fdctrl_connect_drives(FDCtrl *fdctrl, DeviceState *fdc_dev,
         blk_ref(blk);
         blk_detach_dev(blk, fdc_dev);
         fdctrl->qdev_for_drives[i].blk = NULL;
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_err(dev, "drive", blk, &local_err);
+        ok = qdev_prop_set_drive_err(dev, "drive", blk, errp);
         blk_unref(blk);
-
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        if (!ok) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/hw/core/numa.c b/hw/core/numa.c
index 0e311a12df..d208fd5008 100644
--- a/hw/core/numa.c
+++ b/hw/core/numa.c
@@ -456,40 +456,33 @@ void parse_numa_hmat_cache(MachineState *ms, NumaHmatCacheOptions *node,
 
 void set_numa_options(MachineState *ms, NumaOptions *object, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *err = NULL;
-
     if (!ms->numa_state) {
         error_setg(errp, "NUMA is not supported by this machine-type");
-        goto end;
+        return;
     }
 
     switch (object->type) {
     case NUMA_OPTIONS_TYPE_NODE:
-        parse_numa_node(ms, &object->u.node, &err);
-        if (err) {
-            goto end;
-        }
+        parse_numa_node(ms, &object->u.node, errp);
         break;
     case NUMA_OPTIONS_TYPE_DIST:
-        parse_numa_distance(ms, &object->u.dist, &err);
-        if (err) {
-            goto end;
-        }
+        parse_numa_distance(ms, &object->u.dist, errp);
         break;
     case NUMA_OPTIONS_TYPE_CPU:
         if (!object->u.cpu.has_node_id) {
-            error_setg(&err, "Missing mandatory node-id property");
-            goto end;
+            error_setg(errp, "Missing mandatory node-id property");
+            return;
         }
         if (!ms->numa_state->nodes[object->u.cpu.node_id].present) {
-            error_setg(&err, "Invalid node-id=%" PRId64 ", NUMA node must be "
-                "defined with -numa node,nodeid=ID before it's used with "
-                "-numa cpu,node-id=ID", object->u.cpu.node_id);
-            goto end;
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid node-id=%" PRId64 ", NUMA node must be "
+                       "defined with -numa node,nodeid=ID before it's used with "
+                       "-numa cpu,node-id=ID", object->u.cpu.node_id);
+            return;
         }
 
-        machine_set_cpu_numa_node(ms, qapi_NumaCpuOptions_base(&object->u.cpu),
-                                  &err);
+        machine_set_cpu_numa_node(ms,
+                                  qapi_NumaCpuOptions_base(&object->u.cpu),
+                                  errp);
         break;
     case NUMA_OPTIONS_TYPE_HMAT_LB:
         if (!ms->numa_state->hmat_enabled) {
@@ -499,10 +492,7 @@ void set_numa_options(MachineState *ms, NumaOptions *object, Error **errp)
             return;
         }
 
-        parse_numa_hmat_lb(ms->numa_state, &object->u.hmat_lb, &err);
-        if (err) {
-            goto end;
-        }
+        parse_numa_hmat_lb(ms->numa_state, &object->u.hmat_lb, errp);
         break;
     case NUMA_OPTIONS_TYPE_HMAT_CACHE:
         if (!ms->numa_state->hmat_enabled) {
@@ -512,17 +502,11 @@ void set_numa_options(MachineState *ms, NumaOptions *object, Error **errp)
             return;
         }
 
-        parse_numa_hmat_cache(ms, &object->u.hmat_cache, &err);
-        if (err) {
-            goto end;
-        }
+        parse_numa_hmat_cache(ms, &object->u.hmat_cache, errp);
         break;
     default:
         abort();
     }
-
-end:
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
 
 static int parse_numa(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
index 22b524e0ab..67bee1bcb8 100644
--- a/hw/i386/x86.c
+++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
@@ -118,17 +118,15 @@ uint32_t x86_cpu_apic_id_from_index(X86MachineState *x86ms,
 
 void x86_cpu_new(X86MachineState *x86ms, int64_t apic_id, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     Object *cpu = object_new(MACHINE(x86ms)->cpu_type);
 
-    if (!object_property_set_uint(cpu, "apic-id", apic_id, &local_err)) {
+    if (!object_property_set_uint(cpu, "apic-id", apic_id, errp)) {
         goto out;
     }
-    qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, &local_err);
+    qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, errp);
 
 out:
     object_unref(cpu);
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
 void x86_cpus_init(X86MachineState *x86ms, int default_cpu_version)
diff --git a/hw/intc/xive.c b/hw/intc/xive.c
index 34591659d3..9a162431e0 100644
--- a/hw/intc/xive.c
+++ b/hw/intc/xive.c
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ static const TypeInfo xive_tctx_info = {
 
 Object *xive_tctx_create(Object *cpu, XivePresenter *xptr, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     Object *obj;
 
     obj = object_new(TYPE_XIVE_TCTX);
@@ -765,16 +764,11 @@ Object *xive_tctx_create(Object *cpu, XivePresenter *xptr, Error **errp)
     object_unref(obj);
     object_property_set_link(obj, "cpu", cpu, &error_abort);
     object_property_set_link(obj, "presenter", OBJECT(xptr), &error_abort);
-    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(obj), NULL, &local_err)) {
-        goto error;
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(obj), NULL, errp)) {
+        object_unparent(obj);
+        return NULL;
     }
-
     return obj;
-
-error:
-    object_unparent(obj);
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-    return NULL;
 }
 
 void xive_tctx_destroy(XiveTCTX *tctx)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 85330d08a1..c4f47dcc04 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ static void spapr_realize_vcpu(PowerPCCPU *cpu, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, &local_err)) {
-        goto error;
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, errp)) {
+        return;
     }
 
     /* Set time-base frequency to 512 MHz */
@@ -250,20 +250,14 @@ static void spapr_realize_vcpu(PowerPCCPU *cpu, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
     kvmppc_set_papr(cpu);
 
     if (spapr_irq_cpu_intc_create(spapr, cpu, &local_err) < 0) {
-        goto error_intc_create;
+        cpu_remove_sync(CPU(cpu));
+        return;
     }
 
     if (!sc->pre_3_0_migration) {
         vmstate_register(NULL, cs->cpu_index, &vmstate_spapr_cpu_state,
                          cpu->machine_data);
     }
-
-    return;
-
-error_intc_create:
-    cpu_remove_sync(CPU(cpu));
-error:
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
 static PowerPCCPU *spapr_create_vcpu(SpaprCpuCore *sc, int i, Error **errp)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
index c3b2a1eeda..b23956b42e 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
@@ -741,7 +741,6 @@ static void s390_pcihost_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     BusState *bus;
     PCIHostState *phb = PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(dev);
     S390pciState *s = S390_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(dev);
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     DPRINTF("host_init\n");
 
@@ -765,8 +764,7 @@ static void s390_pcihost_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     QTAILQ_INIT(&s->zpci_devs);
 
     css_register_io_adapters(CSS_IO_ADAPTER_PCI, true, false,
-                             S390_ADAPTER_SUPPRESSIBLE, &local_err);
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+                             S390_ADAPTER_SUPPRESSIBLE, errp);
 }
 
 static int s390_pci_msix_init(S390PCIBusDevice *pbdev)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index f7a68343ef..877ea2af9d 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -69,20 +69,18 @@ static S390CPU *s390x_new_cpu(const char *typename, uint32_t core_id,
                               Error **errp)
 {
     S390CPU *cpu = S390_CPU(object_new(typename));
-    Error *err = NULL;
     S390CPU *ret = NULL;
 
-    if (!object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), "core-id", core_id, &err)) {
+    if (!object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), "core-id", core_id, errp)) {
         goto out;
     }
-    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, &err)) {
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, errp)) {
         goto out;
     }
     ret = cpu;
 
 out:
     object_unref(OBJECT(cpu));
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/sclp.c b/hw/s390x/sclp.c
index 03364343eb..a0ce444b4b 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/sclp.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/sclp.c
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static void sclp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     SCLPDevice *sclp = SCLP(dev);
-    Error *err = NULL;
     uint64_t hw_limit;
     int ret;
 
@@ -338,20 +337,17 @@ static void sclp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
      * as we can't find a fitting bus via the qom tree, we have to add the
      * event facility to the sysbus, so e.g. a sclp console can be created.
      */
-    if (!sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(sclp->event_facility), &err)) {
-        goto out;
+    if (!sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(sclp->event_facility), errp)) {
+        return;
     }
 
     ret = s390_set_memory_limit(machine->maxram_size, &hw_limit);
     if (ret == -E2BIG) {
-        error_setg(&err, "host supports a maximum of %" PRIu64 " GB",
+        error_setg(errp, "host supports a maximum of %" PRIu64 " GB",
                    hw_limit / GiB);
     } else if (ret) {
-        error_setg(&err, "setting the guest size failed");
+        error_setg(errp, "setting the guest size failed");
     }
-
-out:
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
 
 static void sclp_memory_init(SCLPDevice *sclp)
diff --git a/hw/usb/bus.c b/hw/usb/bus.c
index ba27afe9f2..b17bda3b29 100644
--- a/hw/usb/bus.c
+++ b/hw/usb/bus.c
@@ -723,15 +723,13 @@ static bool usb_get_attached(Object *obj, Error **errp)
 static void usb_set_attached(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
 {
     USBDevice *dev = USB_DEVICE(obj);
-    Error *err = NULL;
 
     if (dev->attached == value) {
         return;
     }
 
     if (value) {
-        usb_device_attach(dev, &err);
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        usb_device_attach(dev, errp);
     } else {
         usb_device_detach(dev);
     }
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index 4139dd2fe3..2db38b18af 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     const char *driver, *path;
     DeviceState *dev = NULL;
     BusState *bus = NULL;
-    Error *err = NULL;
     bool hide;
 
     driver = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driver");
@@ -652,15 +651,14 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     dev = qdev_new(driver);
 
     /* Check whether the hotplug is allowed by the machine */
-    if (qdev_hotplug && !qdev_hotplug_allowed(dev, &err)) {
+    if (qdev_hotplug && !qdev_hotplug_allowed(dev, errp)) {
         /* Error must be set in the machine hook */
-        assert(err);
         goto err_del_dev;
     }
 
     if (!bus && qdev_hotplug && !qdev_get_machine_hotplug_handler(dev)) {
         /* No bus, no machine hotplug handler --> device is not hotpluggable */
-        error_setg(&err, "Device '%s' can not be hotplugged on this machine",
+        error_setg(errp, "Device '%s' can not be hotplugged on this machine",
                    driver);
         goto err_del_dev;
     }
@@ -668,19 +666,18 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     qdev_set_id(dev, qemu_opts_id(opts));
 
     /* set properties */
-    if (qemu_opt_foreach(opts, set_property, dev, &err)) {
+    if (qemu_opt_foreach(opts, set_property, dev, errp)) {
         goto err_del_dev;
     }
 
     dev->opts = opts;
-    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(dev), bus, &err)) {
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(dev), bus, errp)) {
         dev->opts = NULL;
         goto err_del_dev;
     }
     return dev;
 
 err_del_dev:
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
     if (dev) {
         object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
         object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index cdbeb59dcc..1a62a3a70d 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -1552,13 +1552,12 @@ static int run_process_child(const char *command[], Error **errp)
 
 static bool systemd_supports_mode(SuspendMode mode, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     const char *systemctl_args[3] = {"systemd-hibernate", "systemd-suspend",
                                      "systemd-hybrid-sleep"};
     const char *cmd[4] = {"systemctl", "status", systemctl_args[mode], NULL};
     int status;
 
-    status = run_process_child(cmd, &local_err);
+    status = run_process_child(cmd, errp);
 
     /*
      * systemctl status uses LSB return codes so we can expect
@@ -1572,7 +1571,6 @@ static bool systemd_supports_mode(SuspendMode mode, Error **errp)
         return true;
     }
 
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 7321e0d618..8d698abf4d 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ bool object_initialize_child_with_propsv(Object *parentobj,
                                          const char *type,
                                          Error **errp, va_list vargs)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool ok = false;
     Object *obj;
     UserCreatable *uc;
@@ -565,7 +564,7 @@ bool object_initialize_child_with_propsv(Object *parentobj,
 
     uc = (UserCreatable *)object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_USER_CREATABLE);
     if (uc) {
-        if (!user_creatable_complete(uc, &local_err)) {
+        if (!user_creatable_complete(uc, errp)) {
             object_unparent(obj);
             goto out;
         }
@@ -583,8 +582,6 @@ out:
      * the reference taken by object_property_add_child().
      */
     object_unref(obj);
-
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     return ok;
 }
 
@@ -737,7 +734,6 @@ Object *object_new_with_propv(const char *typename,
 {
     Object *obj;
     ObjectClass *klass;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     UserCreatable *uc;
 
     klass = object_class_by_name(typename);
@@ -762,7 +758,7 @@ Object *object_new_with_propv(const char *typename,
 
     uc = (UserCreatable *)object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_USER_CREATABLE);
     if (uc) {
-        if (!user_creatable_complete(uc, &local_err)) {
+        if (!user_creatable_complete(uc, errp)) {
             if (id != NULL) {
                 object_unparent(obj);
             }
@@ -774,7 +770,6 @@ Object *object_new_with_propv(const char *typename,
     return obj;
 
  error:
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     object_unref(obj);
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/qom/qom-qobject.c b/qom/qom-qobject.c
index 62ac5e07ac..21ce22de94 100644
--- a/qom/qom-qobject.c
+++ b/qom/qom-qobject.c
@@ -34,15 +34,12 @@ QObject *object_property_get_qobject(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                      Error **errp)
 {
     QObject *ret = NULL;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     Visitor *v;
 
     v = qobject_output_visitor_new(&ret);
-    object_property_get(obj, name, v, &local_err);
-    if (!local_err) {
+    if (object_property_get(obj, name, v, errp)) {
         visit_complete(v, &ret);
     }
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     visit_free(v);
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 6f27f12ec7..e46ab8f774 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -5260,16 +5260,13 @@ static void x86_cpu_to_dict_full(X86CPU *cpu, QDict *props)
 static void object_apply_props(Object *obj, QDict *props, Error **errp)
 {
     const QDictEntry *prop;
-    Error *err = NULL;
 
     for (prop = qdict_first(props); prop; prop = qdict_next(props, prop)) {
         if (!object_property_set_qobject(obj, qdict_entry_key(prop),
-                                         qdict_entry_value(prop), &err)) {
+                                         qdict_entry_value(prop), errp)) {
             break;
         }
     }
-
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
 
 /* Create X86CPU object according to model+props specification */
@@ -6327,19 +6324,18 @@ static void x86_cpu_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
     FeatureWord w;
     int i;
     GList *l;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     for (l = plus_features; l; l = l->next) {
         const char *prop = l->data;
-        if (!object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), prop, true, &local_err)) {
-            goto out;
+        if (!object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), prop, true, errp)) {
+            return;
         }
     }
 
     for (l = minus_features; l; l = l->next) {
         const char *prop = l->data;
-        if (!object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), prop, false, &local_err)) {
-            goto out;
+        if (!object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), prop, false, errp)) {
+            return;
         }
     }
 
@@ -6437,11 +6433,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
     if (env->cpuid_xlevel2 == UINT32_MAX) {
         env->cpuid_xlevel2 = env->cpuid_min_xlevel2;
     }
-
-out:
-    if (local_err != NULL) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-    }
 }
 
 /*
