diff --git a/qemu-option.c b/qemu-option.c
index 24392fcb4c01ad496da8c8b18e4a9df8ce2bacde..a52a4c4a081eb4fa57ad8fef01669c21cc1cd9a0 100644
--- a/qemu-option.c
+++ b/qemu-option.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ int qemu_opts_foreach(QemuOptsList *list, qemu_opts_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
     int rc = 0;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(opts, &list->head, next) {
-        rc = func(opts, opaque);
+        rc |= func(opts, opaque);
         if (abort_on_failure  &&  rc != 0)
             break;
     }