diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index e277b72bbfe6df40a00cd841ee9a89465e228b90..bcaeb70fe0bbf0869173bae84aba6fd9b99422a7 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -1927,10 +1927,9 @@ void hmp_savevm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
     /* Delete old snapshots of the same name */
     if (name && bdrv_all_delete_snapshot(name, &bs1, &local_err) < 0) {
-        monitor_printf(mon,
-                       "Error while deleting snapshot on device '%s': %s\n",
-                       bdrv_get_device_name(bs1), error_get_pretty(local_err));
-        error_free(local_err);
+        error_reportf_err(local_err,
+                          "Error while deleting snapshot on device '%s': ",
+                          bdrv_get_device_name(bs1));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -2108,10 +2107,9 @@ void hmp_delvm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     const char *name = qdict_get_str(qdict, "name");
 
     if (bdrv_all_delete_snapshot(name, &bs, &err) < 0) {
-        monitor_printf(mon,
-                       "Error while deleting snapshot on device '%s': %s\n",
-                       bdrv_get_device_name(bs), error_get_pretty(err));
-        error_free(err);
+        error_reportf_err(err,
+                          "Error while deleting snapshot on device '%s': ",
+                          bdrv_get_device_name(bs));
     }
 }