diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index e7722659b7edc743e8f6eb38a0ef54e78c7edeff..965b03ad9fe646bb12430b8e1496957c614fd409 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ static int virtio_ccw_load_config(DeviceState *d, QEMUFile *f)
 }
 
 /* This is called by virtio-bus just after the device is plugged. */
-static void virtio_ccw_device_plugged(DeviceState *d)
+static void virtio_ccw_device_plugged(DeviceState *d, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtioCcwDevice *dev = VIRTIO_CCW_DEVICE(d);
     SubchDev *sch = dev->sch;
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.c
index fac452bd1d806ebb0841a69cffd75c3a43ae3664..3926f7ee1edf637b89d3910b1f6e1f9a2bfb5a00 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ do { printf("virtio_bus: " fmt , ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
 #endif
 
 /* A VirtIODevice is being plugged */
-int virtio_bus_device_plugged(VirtIODevice *vdev)
+void virtio_bus_device_plugged(VirtIODevice *vdev, Error **errp)
 {
     DeviceState *qdev = DEVICE(vdev);
     BusState *qbus = BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(qdev));
@@ -49,13 +49,12 @@ int virtio_bus_device_plugged(VirtIODevice *vdev)
     DPRINTF("%s: plug device.\n", qbus->name);
 
     if (klass->device_plugged != NULL) {
-        klass->device_plugged(qbus->parent);
+        klass->device_plugged(qbus->parent, errp);
     }
 
     /* Get the features of the plugged device. */
     assert(vdc->get_features != NULL);
     vdev->host_features = vdc->get_features(vdev, vdev->host_features);
-    return 0;
 }
 
 /* Reset the virtio_bus */
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 8923ba86e0c896bb66a9fe68506ea3594575e394..0cc249cef82757751b4c40f8008d03e802aae304 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int virtio_pci_query_nvectors(DeviceState *d)
 }
 
 /* This is called by virtio-bus just after the device is plugged. */
-static void virtio_pci_device_plugged(DeviceState *d)
+static void virtio_pci_device_plugged(DeviceState *d, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIOPCIProxy *proxy = VIRTIO_PCI(d);
     VirtioBusState *bus = &proxy->bus;
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 96d9c6a199df3cfc07196398f6c4d00c1803aa9e..b50cbef51950d90da26d120f552c56ca37397f2c 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,12 @@ static void virtio_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
             return;
         }
     }
-    virtio_bus_device_plugged(vdev);
+
+    virtio_bus_device_plugged(vdev, &err);
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
 }
 
 static void virtio_device_unrealize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h
index d4ccdf27a332d3a7b7f5f15aa0807fcbae6fdb9d..8811415fa65273497c3cfddbac4c51db8ef35da9 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ typedef struct VirtioBusClass {
      * transport independent init function.
      * This is called by virtio-bus just after the device is plugged.
      */
-    void (*device_plugged)(DeviceState *d);
+    void (*device_plugged)(DeviceState *d, Error **errp);
     /*
      * transport independent exit function.
      * This is called by virtio-bus just before the device is unplugged.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct VirtioBusState {
     BusState parent_obj;
 };
 
-int virtio_bus_device_plugged(VirtIODevice *vdev);
+void virtio_bus_device_plugged(VirtIODevice *vdev, Error **errp);
 void virtio_bus_reset(VirtioBusState *bus);
 void virtio_bus_device_unplugged(VirtIODevice *bus);
 /* Get the device id of the plugged device. */