diff --git a/hw/arm/sysbus-fdt.c b/hw/arm/sysbus-fdt.c
index 0d4c75702c3ddfae1e2d2bb181b5181f7d8c0821..43d6a7bb48ddc351a254768dac59d96a6e3a99fe 100644
--- a/hw/arm/sysbus-fdt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/sysbus-fdt.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static void copy_properties_from_host(HostProperty *props, int nb_props,
                 /* mandatory property not found: bail out */
                 exit(1);
             }
+            err = NULL;
         }
     }
 }