diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index f6cde86b93680118ae955fbab3e97e316229eff9..84fb585dfdc2fee6034d62686b9af83969791fb3 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1123,11 +1123,7 @@ void hmp_migrate_incoming(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
     qmp_migrate_incoming(uri, &err);
 
-    if (err) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", error_get_pretty(err));
-        error_free(err);
-        return;
-    }
+    hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
 
 void hmp_migrate_set_downtime(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)