diff --git a/hw/qdev-monitor.c b/hw/qdev-monitor.c
index eed781d2f08b85c521864ffde0424559f15a1b2c..b01ef0600e60d22c18f136fa4dde49d6cecff562 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -554,10 +554,13 @@ void do_info_qdm(Monitor *mon)
 
 int do_device_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data)
 {
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_from_qdict(qemu_find_opts("device"), qdict);
-    if (!opts) {
+    opts = qemu_opts_from_qdict(qemu_find_opts("device"), qdict, &local_err);
+    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+        qerror_report_err(local_err);
+        error_free(local_err);
         return -1;
     }
     if (!monitor_cur_is_qmp() && qdev_device_help(opts)) {
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index f5d9cc75b8e36984fb1877b2c9fb4e71baa30f73..246209f69065dc89418db9318ea8d32ce9fa37d4 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -1237,11 +1237,14 @@ void net_host_device_remove(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
 int do_netdev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data)
 {
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts;
     int res;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_from_qdict(qemu_find_opts("netdev"), qdict);
+    opts = qemu_opts_from_qdict(qemu_find_opts("netdev"), qdict, &local_err);
     if (!opts) {
+        qerror_report_err(local_err);
+        error_free(local_err);
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/qemu-option.c b/qemu-option.c
index 1cddb9d545be50251dd92ccd144150def10ad71f..bb3886c6b9d73103c32d33ccd1c7601329a38c45 100644
--- a/qemu-option.c
+++ b/qemu-option.c
@@ -968,13 +968,19 @@ void qemu_opts_set_defaults(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
     assert(opts);
 }
 
+typedef struct OptsFromQDictState {
+    QemuOpts *opts;
+    Error **errp;
+} OptsFromQDictState;
+
 static void qemu_opts_from_qdict_1(const char *key, QObject *obj, void *opaque)
 {
+    OptsFromQDictState *state = opaque;
     char buf[32];
     const char *value;
     int n;
 
-    if (!strcmp(key, "id")) {
+    if (!strcmp(key, "id") || error_is_set(state->errp)) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1002,7 +1008,8 @@ static void qemu_opts_from_qdict_1(const char *key, QObject *obj, void *opaque)
     default:
         return;
     }
-    qemu_opt_set(opaque, key, value);
+
+    qemu_opt_set_err(state->opts, key, value, state->errp);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1011,21 +1018,31 @@ static void qemu_opts_from_qdict_1(const char *key, QObject *obj, void *opaque)
  * Only QStrings, QInts, QFloats and QBools are copied.  Entries with
  * other types are silently ignored.
  */
-QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict)
+QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict,
+                               Error **errp)
 {
-    QemuOpts *opts;
+    OptsFromQDictState state;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
+    QemuOpts *opts;
 
     opts = qemu_opts_create(list, qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "id"), 1,
                             &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
-        qerror_report_err(local_err);
-        error_free(local_err);
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     assert(opts != NULL);
-    qdict_iter(qdict, qemu_opts_from_qdict_1, opts);
+
+    state.errp = &local_err;
+    state.opts = opts;
+    qdict_iter(qdict, qemu_opts_from_qdict_1, &state);
+    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     return opts;
 }
 
diff --git a/qemu-option.h b/qemu-option.h
index c0e022bf401f18787d9500a3d5aa2b8ba5b3a5af..951dec3cc40937d0f9e543f02e394dfb9ffcd5d8 100644
--- a/qemu-option.h
+++ b/qemu-option.h
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params, int permit_abbrev);
 void qemu_opts_set_defaults(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
                             int permit_abbrev);
-QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict);
+QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict,
+                               Error **errp);
 QDict *qemu_opts_to_qdict(QemuOpts *opts, QDict *qdict);
 
 typedef int (*qemu_opts_loopfunc)(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque);