1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 8f0d8a7b13..ee384311f9 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -1076,12 +1076,27 @@ typedef struct EnumProperty {
 } EnumProperty;
 
 int object_property_get_enum(Object *obj, const char *name,
-                             const char * const strings[], Error **errp)
+                             const char *typename, Error **errp)
 {
     StringOutputVisitor *sov;
     StringInputVisitor *siv;
     char *str;
     int ret;
+    ObjectProperty *prop = object_property_find(obj, name, errp);
+    EnumProperty *enumprop;
+
+    if (prop == NULL) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (!g_str_equal(prop->type, typename)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Property %s on %s is not '%s' enum type",
+                   name, object_class_get_name(
+                       object_get_class(obj)), typename);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    enumprop = prop->opaque;
 
     sov = string_output_visitor_new(false);
     object_property_get(obj, string_output_get_visitor(sov), name, errp);
@@ -1089,7 +1104,7 @@ int object_property_get_enum(Object *obj, const char *name,
     siv = string_input_visitor_new(str);
     string_output_visitor_cleanup(sov);
     visit_type_enum(string_input_get_visitor(siv),
-                    &ret, strings, NULL, name, errp);
+                    &ret, enumprop->strings, NULL, name, errp);
 
     g_free(str);
     string_input_visitor_cleanup(siv);