1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/schema.py b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
index 3a4172fb74..d1d27ff7ee 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/schema.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import re
 from typing import Optional
 
 from .common import POINTER_SUFFIX, c_name
-from .error import QAPISemError, QAPISourceError
+from .error import QAPIError, QAPISemError, QAPISourceError
 from .expr import check_exprs
 from .parser import QAPISchemaParser
 
@@ -849,7 +849,14 @@ class QAPISchemaEvent(QAPISchemaEntity):
 class QAPISchema:
     def __init__(self, fname):
         self.fname = fname
-        parser = QAPISchemaParser(fname)
+
+        try:
+            parser = QAPISchemaParser(fname)
+        except OSError as err:
+            raise QAPIError(
+                f"can't read schema file '{fname}': {err.strerror}"
+            ) from err
+
         exprs = check_exprs(parser.exprs)
         self.docs = parser.docs
         self._entity_list = []