diff --git a/hw/alpha/typhoon.c b/hw/alpha/typhoon.c
index 421162e1d48200bb16062a7817da654b6c1a80b6..35dc8a5b4771cece139b3127ed8a60ce9a1ac727 100644
--- a/hw/alpha/typhoon.c
+++ b/hw/alpha/typhoon.c
@@ -920,7 +920,8 @@ PCIBus *typhoon_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, ISABus **isa_bus,
     {
         qemu_irq *isa_irqs;
 
-        *isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, get_system_memory(), &s->pchip.reg_io);
+        *isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, get_system_memory(), &s->pchip.reg_io,
+                               &error_abort);
         isa_irqs = i8259_init(*isa_bus,
                               qemu_allocate_irq(typhoon_set_isa_irq, s, 0));
         isa_bus_irqs(*isa_bus, isa_irqs);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 438cdae99e867d61222ad5f5f075f2c12955cbcd..df2b824385b8626244d2487d8d539a417a0885da 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
     } else {
         pci_bus = NULL;
         i440fx_state = NULL;
-        isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, get_system_memory(), system_io);
+        isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, get_system_memory(), system_io,
+                              &error_abort);
         no_hpet = 1;
     }
     isa_bus_irqs(isa_bus, gsi);
diff --git a/hw/isa/i82378.c b/hw/isa/i82378.c
index d4c830684b9f774c80f85cc9546d4e35183aa216..3793c6fe7a4ad28c6e6d96f55a919adaccaa8a3d 100644
--- a/hw/isa/i82378.c
+++ b/hw/isa/i82378.c
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ static void i82378_realize(PCIDevice *pci, Error **errp)
     pci_config_set_interrupt_pin(pci_conf, 1); /* interrupt pin 0 */
 
     isabus = isa_bus_new(dev, get_system_memory(),
-                         pci_address_space_io(pci));
+                         pci_address_space_io(pci), errp);
+    if (!isabus) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     /* This device has:
        2 82C59 (irq)
diff --git a/hw/isa/isa-bus.c b/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
index 43e0cd8ddd5faa751c31f2365ede5ca567caf906..af6ffd64617b83626284f65a5788aff5deabb371 100644
--- a/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
+++ b/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ static const TypeInfo isa_bus_info = {
 };
 
 ISABus *isa_bus_new(DeviceState *dev, MemoryRegion* address_space,
-                    MemoryRegion *address_space_io)
+                    MemoryRegion *address_space_io, Error **errp)
 {
     if (isabus) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Can't create a second ISA bus\n");
+        error_setg(errp, "Can't create a second ISA bus");
         return NULL;
     }
     if (!dev) {
diff --git a/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c b/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
index 8e5844906cd21e9832511cf483b6776deb4bac57..ed9907d29ab77eee10da8cb197d4bd8de377d7ee 100644
--- a/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
+++ b/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
@@ -607,7 +607,11 @@ static void ich9_lpc_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
     ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(d);
     ISABus *isa_bus;
 
-    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(DEVICE(d), get_system_memory(), get_system_io());
+    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(DEVICE(d), get_system_memory(), get_system_io(),
+                          errp);
+    if (!isa_bus) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     pci_set_long(d->wmask + ICH9_LPC_PMBASE,
                  ICH9_LPC_PMBASE_BASE_ADDRESS_MASK);
diff --git a/hw/isa/piix4.c b/hw/isa/piix4.c
index 2c59e91fffe0c8d47037d7aac74c192f0b421f73..644cfd9536fef5f779dd0234f6a61cfb16edc4f8 100644
--- a/hw/isa/piix4.c
+++ b/hw/isa/piix4.c
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ static void piix4_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PIIX4State *d = PIIX4_PCI_DEVICE(dev);
 
-    isa_bus_new(DEVICE(d), pci_address_space(dev),
-                pci_address_space_io(dev));
+    if (!isa_bus_new(DEVICE(d), pci_address_space(dev),
+                     pci_address_space_io(dev), errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
     piix4_dev = &d->dev;
     qemu_register_reset(piix4_reset, d);
 }
diff --git a/hw/isa/vt82c686.c b/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
index 252e1d71452a8973b2497bdecb40860b57d0477d..6c2190b46c988bd03b73c547d6e669ff0e219634 100644
--- a/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
+++ b/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
@@ -440,7 +440,10 @@ static void vt82c686b_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
     int i;
 
     isa_bus = isa_bus_new(DEVICE(d), get_system_memory(),
-                          pci_address_space_io(d));
+                          pci_address_space_io(d), errp);
+    if (!isa_bus) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     pci_conf = d->config;
     pci_config_set_prog_interface(pci_conf, 0x0);
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c b/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
index 1ab885bb3f132ba8ae04a91d908fe983a9016ef4..1cfbaa605ace9ef9d2cc69a87b5b0874988436a0 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
     memory_region_init(isa_mem, NULL, "isa-mem", 0x01000000);
     memory_region_add_subregion(address_space, 0x90000000, isa_io);
     memory_region_add_subregion(address_space, 0x91000000, isa_mem);
-    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, isa_mem, isa_io);
+    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, isa_mem, isa_io, &error_abort);
 
     /* ISA devices */
     i8259 = i8259_init(isa_bus, env->irq[4]);
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c b/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
index af10da1c571ccd3841dcde7ac83fed40b18df567..2d4e0386737091503315dafc9310268469012950 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void mips_r4k_init(MachineState *machine)
     memory_region_init(isa_mem, NULL, "isa-mem", 0x01000000);
     memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), 0x14000000, isa_io);
     memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), 0x10000000, isa_mem);
-    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, isa_mem, get_system_io());
+    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, isa_mem, get_system_io(), &error_abort);
 
     /* The PIC is attached to the MIPS CPU INT0 pin */
     i8259 = i8259_init(isa_bus, env->irq[2]);
diff --git a/hw/pci-host/piix.c b/hw/pci-host/piix.c
index 924f0fa82ba36ab030ab178f38c177af6e1474b4..b0d7e316076ca632650f794597aff071b309c5e3 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/piix.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/piix.c
@@ -651,8 +651,10 @@ static void piix3_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PIIX3State *d = PIIX3_PCI_DEVICE(dev);
 
-    isa_bus_new(DEVICE(d), get_system_memory(),
-                pci_address_space_io(dev));
+    if (!isa_bus_new(DEVICE(d), get_system_memory(),
+                     pci_address_space_io(dev), errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     memory_region_init_io(&d->rcr_mem, OBJECT(dev), &rcr_ops, d,
                           "piix3-reset-control", 1);
diff --git a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
index 8058aac5d7f96f1e0dcf5f0f0e6000460cac54d3..1925a1cef9c3a4ed895d3c4407d2dbc6a0858b0c 100644
--- a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
+++ b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
@@ -604,8 +604,10 @@ static void pci_ebus_realize(PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     EbusState *s = DO_UPCAST(EbusState, pci_dev, pci_dev);
 
-    isa_bus_new(DEVICE(pci_dev), get_system_memory(),
-                pci_address_space_io(pci_dev));
+    if (!isa_bus_new(DEVICE(pci_dev), get_system_memory(),
+                     pci_address_space_io(pci_dev), errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     pci_dev->config[0x04] = 0x06; // command = bus master, pci mem
     pci_dev->config[0x05] = 0x00;
diff --git a/include/hw/isa/isa.h b/include/hw/isa/isa.h
index d758b39a2e3b159fad472cebad412d31620ef18d..de3cd3d38a6a46486370f2f7dced94293e4b9208 100644
--- a/include/hw/isa/isa.h
+++ b/include/hw/isa/isa.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct ISADevice {
 };
 
 ISABus *isa_bus_new(DeviceState *dev, MemoryRegion *address_space,
-                    MemoryRegion *address_space_io);
+                    MemoryRegion *address_space_io, Error **errp);
 void isa_bus_irqs(ISABus *bus, qemu_irq *irqs);
 qemu_irq isa_get_irq(ISADevice *dev, int isairq);
 void isa_init_irq(ISADevice *dev, qemu_irq *p, int isairq);