diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index bad7fe0f479ef0e86acc172be920d962a51e31a2..4745712d22e571f0a59f4e7acf94938d2a418f21 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ static int bdrv_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *file,
 
     node_name = qdict_get_try_str(options, "node-name");
     bdrv_assign_node_name(bs, node_name, &local_err);
-    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+    if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 2618c3763ce31f28b74a1c0a35b6d85221225f72..36f4f8e8bd86479f4db0ee93a5511d43f346daec 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ void commit_active_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
     mirror_start_job(bs, base, speed, 0, 0,
                      on_error, on_error, cb, opaque, &local_err,
                      &commit_active_job_driver, false, base);
-    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+    if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto error_restore_flags;
     }
diff --git a/block/nfs.c b/block/nfs.c
index 98aa363e48d15fe49a3a8b8648ba4fd22fd75589..9fa831f1600f39bf34e4247bca78cbac257e4c57 100644
--- a/block/nfs.c
+++ b/block/nfs.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int nfs_file_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
-    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+    if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
diff --git a/block/quorum.c b/block/quorum.c
index 7f580a83b5f1f06fedf14646c6a5718532275d62..ecec3a54071c08eac8bb1d8e20240cc97cdb3759 100644
--- a/block/quorum.c
+++ b/block/quorum.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static int quorum_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     opts = qemu_opts_create(&quorum_runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
-    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+    if (local_err) {
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto exit;
     }
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ close_exit:
     g_free(opened);
 exit:
     /* propagate error */
-    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+    if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     }
     QDECREF(list);
diff --git a/docs/writing-qmp-commands.txt b/docs/writing-qmp-commands.txt
index 8349dec8af20f5d14119da8d8710a9ae7cc0468b..3930a9ba70d9a5010e6f73a019a9e9b4caa16f5f 100644
--- a/docs/writing-qmp-commands.txt
+++ b/docs/writing-qmp-commands.txt
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ void hmp_hello_world(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     Error *errp = NULL;
 
     qmp_hello_world(!!message, message, &errp);
-    if (error_is_set(&errp)) {
+    if (errp) {
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", error_get_pretty(errp));
         error_free(errp);
         return;
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void hmp_info_alarm_clock(Monitor *mon)
     Error *errp = NULL;
 
     clock = qmp_query_alarm_clock(&errp);
-    if (error_is_set(&errp)) {
+    if (errp) {
         monitor_printf(mon, "Could not query alarm clock information\n");
         error_free(errp);
         return;
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ void hmp_info_alarm_methods(Monitor *mon)
     Error *errp = NULL;
 
     method_list = qmp_query_alarm_methods(&errp);
-    if (error_is_set(&errp)) {
+    if (errp) {
         monitor_printf(mon, "Could not query alarm methods\n");
         error_free(errp);
         return;
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c b/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c
index 38b5e95f687814a4372eccbe20fbe7faed4f2919..f03353b75572fff204d702881a2bade4df9baa10 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void test_validate_union_flat(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     /* TODO when generator bug is fixed, add 'integer': 41 */
 
     visit_type_UserDefFlatUnion(v, &tmp, NULL, &errp);
-    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert(!errp);
     qapi_free_UserDefFlatUnion(tmp);
 }
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void test_validate_union_anon(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     v = validate_test_init(data, "42");
 
     visit_type_UserDefAnonUnion(v, &tmp, NULL, &errp);
-    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert(!errp);
     qapi_free_UserDefAnonUnion(tmp);
 }
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static void test_validate_fail_union_flat(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     v = validate_test_init(data, "{ 'string': 'c', 'integer': 41, 'boolean': true }");
 
     visit_type_UserDefFlatUnion(v, &tmp, NULL, &errp);
-    g_assert(error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert(errp);
     qapi_free_UserDefFlatUnion(tmp);
 }
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void test_validate_fail_union_anon(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     v = validate_test_init(data, "3.14");
 
     visit_type_UserDefAnonUnion(v, &tmp, NULL, &errp);
-    g_assert(error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert(errp);
     qapi_free_UserDefAnonUnion(tmp);
 }