diff --git a/qemu-io.c b/qemu-io.c
index 13829f5e21..6df7731af4 100644
--- a/qemu-io.c
+++ b/qemu-io.c
@@ -620,11 +620,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
-                          user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, NULL)) {
-        exit(1);
-    }
+    qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
+                      user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
+                      NULL, &error_fatal);
 
     if (!trace_init_backends()) {
         exit(1);
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 7874bc973c..ca7109652e 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -766,11 +766,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
-                          user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, NULL)) {
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
+    qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
+                      user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
+                      NULL, &error_fatal);
 
     if (!trace_init_backends()) {
         exit(1);
diff --git a/qom/object_interfaces.c b/qom/object_interfaces.c
index 941fd63afd..97b79b48bb 100644
--- a/qom/object_interfaces.c
+++ b/qom/object_interfaces.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ int user_creatable_add_opts_foreach(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     bool (*type_opt_predicate)(const char *, QemuOpts *) = opaque;
     Object *obj = NULL;
-    Error *err = NULL;
     const char *type;
 
     type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "qom-type");
@@ -152,9 +151,8 @@ int user_creatable_add_opts_foreach(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    obj = user_creatable_add_opts(opts, &err);
+    obj = user_creatable_add_opts(opts, errp);
     if (!obj) {
-        error_report_err(err);
         return -1;
     }
     object_unref(obj);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 87ad2e7de7..f8a13d7070 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4229,11 +4229,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     page_size_init();
     socket_init();
 
-    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),
-                          user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          object_create_initial, NULL)) {
-        exit(1);
-    }
+    qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),
+                      user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
+                      object_create_initial, &error_fatal);
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("chardev"),
                           chardev_init_func, NULL, NULL)) {
@@ -4364,11 +4362,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),
-                          user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          object_create_delayed, NULL)) {
-        exit(1);
-    }
+    qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),
+                      user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
+                      object_create_delayed, &error_fatal);
 
     if (tpm_init() < 0) {
         exit(1);