diff --git a/src/libvirt-stream.c b/src/libvirt-stream.c
index b9125b66497e7e2f1f949ab00d09cedbce9e73e7..56e701de8ce1eaa9f9585265d8ecd8c2a2ffbd3d 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-stream.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-stream.c
@@ -616,7 +616,12 @@ virStreamSendAll(virStreamPtr stream,
     VIR_FREE(bytes);
 
     if (ret != 0) {
+        virErrorPtr orig_err = virSaveLastError();
         virStreamAbort(stream);
+        if (orig_err) {
+            virSetError(orig_err);
+            virFreeError(orig_err);
+        }
         virDispatchError(stream->conn);
     }
 
@@ -771,7 +776,12 @@ int virStreamSparseSendAll(virStreamPtr stream,
     VIR_FREE(bytes);
 
     if (ret != 0) {
+        virErrorPtr orig_err = virSaveLastError();
         virStreamAbort(stream);
+        if (orig_err) {
+            virSetError(orig_err);
+            virFreeError(orig_err);
+        }
         virDispatchError(stream->conn);
     }
 
@@ -865,7 +875,12 @@ virStreamRecvAll(virStreamPtr stream,
     VIR_FREE(bytes);
 
     if (ret != 0) {
+        virErrorPtr orig_err = virSaveLastError();
         virStreamAbort(stream);
+        if (orig_err) {
+            virSetError(orig_err);
+            virFreeError(orig_err);
+        }
         virDispatchError(stream->conn);
     }
 
@@ -985,7 +1000,12 @@ virStreamSparseRecvAll(virStreamPtr stream,
     VIR_FREE(bytes);
 
     if (ret != 0) {
+        virErrorPtr orig_err = virSaveLastError();
         virStreamAbort(stream);
+        if (orig_err) {
+            virSetError(orig_err);
+            virFreeError(orig_err);
+        }
         virDispatchError(stream->conn);
     }