diff --git a/hw/qdev-properties.c b/hw/qdev-properties.c
index f0b811c80665c591879ef72f9357b6930eb023cd..de618f2aebe5622367fb09825ff2f37f0906880a 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-properties.c
@@ -614,6 +614,28 @@ int qdev_prop_exists(DeviceState *dev, const char *name)
     return qdev_prop_find(dev, name) ? true : false;
 }
 
+void error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(Error **errp, int ret, DeviceState *dev,
+                                    Property *prop, const char *value)
+{
+    switch (ret) {
+    case -EEXIST:
+        error_set(errp, QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_IN_USE,
+                  dev->info->name, prop->name, value);
+        break;
+    default:
+    case -EINVAL:
+        error_set(errp, QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_BAD,
+                  dev->info->name, prop->name, value);
+        break;
+    case -ENOENT:
+        error_set(errp, QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_NOT_FOUND,
+                  dev->info->name, prop->name, value);
+        break;
+    case 0:
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
 int qdev_prop_parse(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, const char *value)
 {
     Property *prop;
@@ -632,21 +654,10 @@ int qdev_prop_parse(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, const char *value)
     }
     ret = prop->info->parse(dev, prop, value);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        switch (ret) {
-        case -EEXIST:
-            qerror_report(QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_IN_USE,
-                          dev->info->name, name, value);
-            break;
-        default:
-        case -EINVAL:
-            qerror_report(QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_BAD,
-                          dev->info->name, name, value);
-            break;
-        case -ENOENT:
-            qerror_report(QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_NOT_FOUND,
-                          dev->info->name, name, value);
-            break;
-        }
+        Error *err;
+        error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(&err, ret, dev, prop, value);
+        qerror_report_err(err);
+        error_free(err);
         return -1;
     }
     return 0;
diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index c020a6f39241c321139b83b720da9274d9a651b8..2a146f7e431091ab4b8953b1c78007899f314147 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -1162,10 +1162,7 @@ static void qdev_set_legacy_property(DeviceState *dev, Visitor *v, void *opaque,
     }
 
     ret = prop->info->parse(dev, prop, ptr);
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        error_set(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE,
-                  name, prop->info->name);
-    }
+    error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(errp, ret, dev, prop, ptr);
     g_free(ptr);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index 6e184278f4e993fae4cb36bc6bcbd90ff682d14d..94f5ce91b4f311d5d039d702c62879273b04b875 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ void qdev_prop_set_defaults(DeviceState *dev, Property *props);
 
 void qdev_prop_register_global_list(GlobalProperty *props);
 void qdev_prop_set_globals(DeviceState *dev);
+void error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(Error **errp, int ret, DeviceState *dev,
+                                    Property *prop, const char *value);
 
 static inline const char *qdev_fw_name(DeviceState *dev)
 {