3 files changed, 9 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/hw/core/bus.c b/hw/core/bus.c
index 00d1d31762..6b987b6946 100644
--- a/hw/core/bus.c
+++ b/hw/core/bus.c
@@ -166,11 +166,7 @@ BusState *qbus_create(const char *typename, DeviceState *parent, const char *nam
 
 bool qbus_realize(BusState *bus, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *err = NULL;
-
-    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(bus), "realized", true, &err);
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
-    return !err;
+    return object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(bus), "realized", true, errp);
 }
 
 void qbus_unrealize(BusState *bus)
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index ae3b006f39..68948761f2 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -388,8 +388,6 @@ void qdev_simple_device_unplug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
  */
 bool qdev_realize(DeviceState *dev, BusState *bus, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *err = NULL;
-
     assert(!dev->realized && !dev->parent_bus);
 
     if (bus) {
@@ -398,10 +396,7 @@ bool qdev_realize(DeviceState *dev, BusState *bus, Error **errp)
         assert(!DEVICE_GET_CLASS(dev)->bus_type);
     }
 
-    if (!object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), "realized", true, &err)) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-    }
-    return !err;
+    return object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), "realized", true, errp);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index 1a171f0c96..20e8e95c61 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -69,19 +69,20 @@ static S390CPU *s390x_new_cpu(const char *typename, uint32_t core_id,
 {
     S390CPU *cpu = S390_CPU(object_new(typename));
     Error *err = NULL;
+    S390CPU *ret = NULL;
 
     if (!object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), "core-id", core_id, &err)) {
         goto out;
     }
-    qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, &err);
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, &err)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    ret = cpu;
 
 out:
     object_unref(OBJECT(cpu));
-    if (err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-        cpu = NULL;
-    }
-    return cpu;
+    error_propagate(errp, err);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void s390_init_cpus(MachineState *machine)