1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c b/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
index 158e2d7409..b0abe84cb1 100644
--- a/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -44,15 +44,27 @@ void hmp_qom_list(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
 void hmp_qom_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
+    const bool json = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "json", false);
     const char *path = qdict_get_str(qdict, "path");
     const char *property = qdict_get_str(qdict, "property");
     const char *value = qdict_get_str(qdict, "value");
     Error *err = NULL;
-    QObject *obj;
 
-    obj = qobject_from_json(value, &err);
-    if (err == NULL) {
-        qmp_qom_set(path, property, obj, &err);
+    if (!json) {
+        Object *obj = object_resolve_path(path, NULL);
+
+        if (!obj) {
+            error_set(&err, ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND,
+                      "Device '%s' not found", path);
+        } else {
+            object_property_parse(obj, value, property, &err);
+        }
+    } else {
+        QObject *obj = qobject_from_json(value, &err);
+
+        if (!err) {
+            qmp_qom_set(path, property, obj, &err);
+        }
     }
 
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);