diff --git a/include/qemu/vfio-helpers.h b/include/qemu/vfio-helpers.h
index 5cb346d8e67..4b97a904e93 100644
--- a/include/qemu/vfio-helpers.h
+++ b/include/qemu/vfio-helpers.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ QEMUVFIOState *qemu_vfio_open_pci(const char *device, size_t *min_page_size,
                                   Error **errp);
 void qemu_vfio_close(QEMUVFIOState *s);
 int qemu_vfio_dma_map(QEMUVFIOState *s, void *host, size_t size,
-                      bool temporary, uint64_t *iova_list);
+                      bool temporary, uint64_t *iova_list, Error **errp);
 int qemu_vfio_dma_reset_temporary(QEMUVFIOState *s);
 void qemu_vfio_dma_unmap(QEMUVFIOState *s, void *host);
 void *qemu_vfio_pci_map_bar(QEMUVFIOState *s, int index,
diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index 8335f5d70dd..428cda620df 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ static void nvme_init_queue(BDRVNVMeState *s, NVMeQueue *q,
         return;
     }
     memset(q->queue, 0, bytes);
-    r = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio, q->queue, bytes, false, &q->iova);
+    r = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio, q->queue, bytes, false, &q->iova, errp);
     if (r) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Cannot map queue");
+        error_prepend(errp, "Cannot map queue: ");
     }
 }
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static NVMeQueuePair *nvme_create_queue_pair(BDRVNVMeState *s,
     q->completion_bh = aio_bh_new(aio_context, nvme_process_completion_bh, q);
     r = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio, q->prp_list_pages,
                           s->page_size * NVME_NUM_REQS,
-                          false, &prp_list_iova);
+                          false, &prp_list_iova, errp);
     if (r) {
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -514,9 +514,9 @@ static void nvme_identify(BlockDriverState *bs, int namespace, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, "Cannot allocate buffer for identify response");
         goto out;
     }
-    r = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio, id, sizeof(*id), true, &iova);
+    r = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio, id, sizeof(*id), true, &iova, errp);
     if (r) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Cannot map buffer for DMA");
+        error_prepend(errp, "Cannot map buffer for DMA: ");
         goto out;
     }
 
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ try_map:
         r = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio,
                               qiov->iov[i].iov_base,
                               qiov->iov[i].iov_len,
-                              true, &iova);
+                              true, &iova, NULL);
         if (r == -ENOMEM && retry) {
             retry = false;
             trace_nvme_dma_flush_queue_wait(s);
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ static void nvme_register_buf(BlockDriverState *bs, void *host, size_t size)
     int ret;
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
 
-    ret = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio, host, size, false, NULL);
+    ret = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s->vfio, host, size, false, NULL, NULL);
     if (ret) {
         /* FIXME: we may run out of IOVA addresses after repeated
          * bdrv_register_buf/bdrv_unregister_buf, because nvme_vfio_dma_unmap
diff --git a/util/vfio-helpers.c b/util/vfio-helpers.c
index 6a5100f4892..8c075d9aae7 100644
--- a/util/vfio-helpers.c
+++ b/util/vfio-helpers.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static void qemu_vfio_ram_block_added(RAMBlockNotifier *n,
 {
     QEMUVFIOState *s = container_of(n, QEMUVFIOState, ram_notifier);
     trace_qemu_vfio_ram_block_added(s, host, size);
-    qemu_vfio_dma_map(s, host, size, false, NULL);
+    qemu_vfio_dma_map(s, host, size, false, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static void qemu_vfio_ram_block_removed(RAMBlockNotifier *n,
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ static void qemu_vfio_ram_block_removed(RAMBlockNotifier *n,
 
 static int qemu_vfio_init_ramblock(RAMBlock *rb, void *opaque)
 {
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
     void *host_addr = qemu_ram_get_host_addr(rb);
     ram_addr_t length = qemu_ram_get_used_length(rb);
     int ret;
@@ -509,10 +510,11 @@ static int qemu_vfio_init_ramblock(RAMBlock *rb, void *opaque)
     if (!host_addr) {
         return 0;
     }
-    ret = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s, host_addr, length, false, NULL);
+    ret = qemu_vfio_dma_map(s, host_addr, length, false, NULL, &local_err);
     if (ret) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu_vfio_init_ramblock: failed %p %" PRId64 "\n",
-                host_addr, (uint64_t)length);
+        error_reportf_err(local_err,
+                          "qemu_vfio_init_ramblock: failed %p %" PRId64 ":",
+                          host_addr, (uint64_t)length);
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -754,7 +756,7 @@ qemu_vfio_find_temp_iova(QEMUVFIOState *s, size_t size, uint64_t *iova)
  * mapping status within this area is not allowed).
  */
 int qemu_vfio_dma_map(QEMUVFIOState *s, void *host, size_t size,
-                      bool temporary, uint64_t *iova)
+                      bool temporary, uint64_t *iova, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     int index;
