diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index 0a1f3195ddf30c3096f7be6956ac5f928f840a3c..102ac36f0ffed1c2fe37b5dd2cc2e5dc19387f1d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -1544,9 +1544,6 @@ qemuAgentSetVCPUsCommand(qemuAgentPtr mon,
                          VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (qemuAgentCheckError(cmd, reply) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
     /* All negative values are invalid. Return of 0 is bogus since we wouldn't
      * call the guest agent so that 0 cpus would be set successfully. Reporting
      * more successfully set vcpus that we've asked for is invalid. */