diff --git a/hw/arm/nseries.c b/hw/arm/nseries.c
index 2a8835ec0199d33521f09a0bbb604c1f00fdcf2a..57170aea8bf753500434c67b14d3403e6bcda6d3 100644
--- a/hw/arm/nseries.c
+++ b/hw/arm/nseries.c
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ static void n8x0_nand_setup(struct n800_s *s)
     qdev_prop_set_int32(s->nand, "shift", 1);
     dinfo = drive_get(IF_MTD, 0, 0);
     if (dinfo) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(s->nand, "drive",
-                                   blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo));
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(s->nand, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
+                            &error_fatal);
     }
     qdev_init_nofail(s->nand);
     sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(s->nand), 0,
diff --git a/hw/block/fdc.c b/hw/block/fdc.c
index 4292eced32096878fa4ca4094cc2ba769ee4751e..858f5f7ce7299ba446ddc60a1dd0401684ef1efa 100644
--- a/hw/block/fdc.c
+++ b/hw/block/fdc.c
@@ -2245,10 +2245,12 @@ ISADevice *fdctrl_init_isa(ISABus *bus, DriveInfo **fds)
     dev = DEVICE(isadev);
 
     if (fds[0]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "driveA", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[0]));
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveA", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[0]),
+                            &error_fatal);
     }
     if (fds[1]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "driveB", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[1]));
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveB", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[1]),
+                            &error_fatal);
     }
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
@@ -2268,10 +2270,12 @@ void fdctrl_init_sysbus(qemu_irq irq, int dma_chann,
     fdctrl = &sys->state;
     fdctrl->dma_chann = dma_chann; /* FIXME */
     if (fds[0]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "driveA", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[0]));
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveA", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[0]),
+                            &error_fatal);
     }
     if (fds[1]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "driveB", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[1]));
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveB", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[1]),
+                            &error_fatal);
     }
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -2287,7 +2291,8 @@ void sun4m_fdctrl_init(qemu_irq irq, hwaddr io_base,
 
     dev = qdev_create(NULL, "SUNW,fdtwo");
     if (fds[0]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[0]));
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(fds[0]),
+                            &error_fatal);
     }
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     sys = SYSBUS_FDC(dev);
diff --git a/hw/block/nand.c b/hw/block/nand.c
index f0e34139fec887f6ddd6f61365a09131524759bf..478e1a6b3f3347356f2ed8746bc36c8f26e6aca4 100644
--- a/hw/block/nand.c
+++ b/hw/block/nand.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ DeviceState *nand_init(BlockBackend *blk, int manf_id, int chip_id)
     qdev_prop_set_uint8(dev, "manufacturer_id", manf_id);
     qdev_prop_set_uint8(dev, "chip_id", chip_id);
     if (blk) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "drive", blk);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", blk, &error_fatal);
     }
 
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index d515e99f98842f25ef80a2df589360e006ea31e4..1589abaf60524c7d5a8ed817c63f6d5db66d0497 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -364,12 +364,6 @@ void qdev_prop_set_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
                             name, errp);
 }
 
-void qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
-                                BlockBackend *value)
-{
-    qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, name, value, &error_fatal);
-}
-
 void qdev_prop_set_chr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
                        CharDriverState *value)
 {
diff --git a/hw/ide/qdev.c b/hw/ide/qdev.c
index 788b36133c04fa75b4f98cdbead66c720fd5554c..1f831098c7653fa154f8397137fac2d1543bdd83 100644
--- a/hw/ide/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/ide/qdev.c
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ IDEDevice *ide_create_drive(IDEBus *bus, int unit, DriveInfo *drive)
 
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->qbus, drive->media_cd ? "ide-cd" : "ide-hd");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "unit", unit);
-    qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(drive));
+    qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(drive),
+                        &error_fatal);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     return DO_UPCAST(IDEDevice, qdev, dev);
 }
diff --git a/hw/isa/pc87312.c b/hw/isa/pc87312.c
index 3b1fcec537bebec36f419d89cb785b588a5d48d0..38030655f45d6217de7300202c65b6397efdbb97 100644
--- a/hw/isa/pc87312.c
+++ b/hw/isa/pc87312.c
@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@ static void pc87312_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         /* FIXME use a qdev drive property instead of drive_get() */
         drive = drive_get(IF_FLOPPY, 0, 0);
         if (drive != NULL) {
-            qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(d, "driveA",
-                                       blk_by_legacy_dinfo(drive));
+            qdev_prop_set_drive(d, "driveA", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(drive),
+                                &error_fatal);
         }
         /* FIXME use a qdev drive property instead of drive_get() */
         drive = drive_get(IF_FLOPPY, 0, 1);
         if (drive != NULL) {
-            qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(d, "driveB",
-                                       blk_by_legacy_dinfo(drive));
+            qdev_prop_set_drive(d, "driveB", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(drive),
+                                &error_fatal);
         }
         qdev_init_nofail(d);
         s->fdc.dev = isa;
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 414e0f9b7a22533fea6cd2a7c0e1019936bb0a91..0ca01767e53ec10109a16d7dc2dc1e98bd26dbb2 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,8 @@ static void spapr_create_nvram(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
     DriveInfo *dinfo = drive_get(IF_PFLASH, 0, 0);
 
     if (dinfo) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo));
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
+                            &error_fatal);
     }
 
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index 77538a8ca22a7a860543de47423dc637648932fa..254afd8859563a05877bfdbaf2de6305f62ff7fe 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ void qdev_prop_set_chr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, CharDriverState *valu
 void qdev_prop_set_netdev(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, NetClientState *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
                          BlockBackend *value, Error **errp);
-void qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
-                                BlockBackend *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_macaddr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint8_t *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_enum(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, int value);
 /* FIXME: Remove opaque pointer properties.  */