3 files changed, 15 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/block/backup-top.c b/block/backup-top.c
index 6e7e7bf340..d1253e1aa6 100644
--- a/block/backup-top.c
+++ b/block/backup-top.c
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_backup_top_append(BlockDriverState *source,
                                          BlockCopyState **bcs,
                                          Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    ERRP_GUARD();
+    int ret;
     BDRVBackupTopState *state;
     BlockDriverState *top;
     bool appended = false;
@@ -224,9 +225,9 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_backup_top_append(BlockDriverState *source,
     bdrv_drained_begin(source);
 
     bdrv_ref(top);
-    bdrv_append(top, source, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_prepend(&local_err, "Cannot append backup-top filter: ");
+    ret = bdrv_append(top, source, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_prepend(errp, "Cannot append backup-top filter: ");
         goto fail;
     }
     appended = true;
@@ -236,19 +237,18 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_backup_top_append(BlockDriverState *source,
      * we want.
      */
     state->active = true;
-    bdrv_child_refresh_perms(top, top->backing, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_prepend(&local_err,
-                      "Cannot set permissions for backup-top filter: ");
+    ret = bdrv_child_refresh_perms(top, top->backing, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_prepend(errp, "Cannot set permissions for backup-top filter: ");
         goto fail;
     }
 
     state->cluster_size = cluster_size;
     state->bcs = block_copy_state_new(top->backing, state->target,
                                       cluster_size, perf->use_copy_range,
-                                      write_flags, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_prepend(&local_err, "Cannot create block-copy-state: ");
+                                      write_flags, errp);
+    if (!state->bcs) {
+        error_prepend(errp, "Cannot create block-copy-state: ");
         goto fail;
     }
     *bcs = state->bcs;
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ fail:
     }
 
     bdrv_drained_end(source);
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 71db7ba747..dd9ba87349 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     BlockDriverState *iter;
     BlockDriverState *commit_top_bs = NULL;
     BlockDriverState *filtered_base;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     int64_t base_size, top_size;
     uint64_t base_perms, iter_shared_perms;
     int ret;
@@ -312,10 +311,9 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     commit_top_bs->total_sectors = top->total_sectors;
 
-    bdrv_append(commit_top_bs, top, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
+    ret = bdrv_append(commit_top_bs, top, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
         commit_top_bs = NULL;
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto fail;
     }
 
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 9faffe4707..1803c6988b 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1569,7 +1569,6 @@ static BlockJob *mirror_start_job(
     BlockDriverState *mirror_top_bs;
     bool target_is_backing;
     uint64_t target_perms, target_shared_perms;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret;
 
     if (granularity == 0) {
@@ -1618,12 +1617,11 @@ static BlockJob *mirror_start_job(
      * it alive until block_job_create() succeeds even if bs has no parent. */
     bdrv_ref(mirror_top_bs);
     bdrv_drained_begin(bs);
-    bdrv_append(mirror_top_bs, bs, &local_err);
+    ret = bdrv_append(mirror_top_bs, bs, errp);
     bdrv_drained_end(bs);
 
-    if (local_err) {
+    if (ret < 0) {
         bdrv_unref(mirror_top_bs);
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return NULL;
     }