diff --git a/include/migration/snapshot.h b/include/migration/snapshot.h
index a40c34307b..9bc989a6b4 100644
--- a/include/migration/snapshot.h
+++ b/include/migration/snapshot.h
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
  * On failure, store an error through @errp and return %false.
  */
 bool save_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp);
-int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp);
+/**
+ * save_snapshot: Load a snapshot.
+ * @name: path to snapshot
+ * @errp: pointer to error object
+ * On success, return %true.
+ * On failure, store an error through @errp and return %false.
+ */
+bool load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index fd2e5e8b66..531bb2eca1 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ void qmp_xen_load_devices_state(const char *filename, Error **errp)
     migration_incoming_state_destroy();
 }
 
-int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
+bool load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs_vm_state;
     QEMUSnapshotInfo sn;
@@ -2874,16 +2874,16 @@ int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
     if (!bdrv_all_can_snapshot(errp)) {
-        return -ENOTSUP;
+        return false;
     }
     ret = bdrv_all_find_snapshot(name, errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        return false;
     }
 
     bs_vm_state = bdrv_all_find_vmstate_bs(errp);
     if (!bs_vm_state) {
-        return -ENOTSUP;
+        return false;
     }
     aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs_vm_state);
 
@@ -2892,11 +2892,11 @@ int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
     ret = bdrv_snapshot_find(bs_vm_state, &sn, name);
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        return false;
     } else if (sn.vm_state_size == 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "This is a disk-only snapshot. Revert to it "
                    " offline using qemu-img");
-        return -EINVAL;
+        return false;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -2917,7 +2917,6 @@ int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
     f = qemu_fopen_bdrv(bs_vm_state, 0);
     if (!f) {
         error_setg(errp, "Could not open VM state file");
-        ret = -EINVAL;
         goto err_drain;
     }
 
@@ -2933,14 +2932,14 @@ int load_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
 
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "Error %d while loading VM state", ret);
-        return ret;
+        return false;
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    return true;
 
 err_drain:
     bdrv_drain_all_end();
-    return ret;
+    return false;
 }
 
 void vmstate_register_ram(MemoryRegion *mr, DeviceState *dev)
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index 14848a3381..ff0e3df8a3 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ void hmp_loadvm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
     vm_stop(RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM);
 
-    if (load_snapshot(name, &err) == 0 && saved_vm_running) {
+    if (!load_snapshot(name, &err) && saved_vm_running) {
         vm_start();
     }
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
diff --git a/replay/replay-snapshot.c b/replay/replay-snapshot.c
index 4f2560d156..b289365937 100644
--- a/replay/replay-snapshot.c
+++ b/replay/replay-snapshot.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void replay_vmstate_init(void)
                 exit(1);
             }
         } else if (replay_mode == REPLAY_MODE_PLAY) {
-            if (load_snapshot(replay_snapshot, &err) != 0) {
+            if (!load_snapshot(replay_snapshot, &err)) {
                 error_report_err(err);
                 error_report("Could not load snapshot for icount replay");
                 exit(1);
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 5a11a62f78..6eaa6b3a09 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -4478,7 +4478,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     register_global_state();
     if (loadvm) {
         Error *local_err = NULL;
-        if (load_snapshot(loadvm, &local_err) < 0) {
+        if (!load_snapshot(loadvm, &local_err)) {
             error_report_err(local_err);
             autostart = 0;
             exit(1);
