diff --git a/hw/xen/xen_pt.c b/hw/xen/xen_pt.c
index e5a6eff44f3423a0252974fa8e9ebd5da048cfc9..f1f3a3727c375b09321203e6c4ad96373d8d0273 100644
--- a/hw/xen/xen_pt.c
+++ b/hw/xen/xen_pt.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static void xen_pt_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
     xen_pt_config_init(s, &err);
     if (err) {
         error_append_hint(&err, "PCI Config space initialisation failed");
-        error_report_err(err);
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
         rc = -1;
         goto err_out;
     }