2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/util/error.c b/util/error.c
index d4532ce318..b6c89d1412 100644
--- a/util/error.c
+++ b/util/error.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void error_setg_file_open_internal(Error **errp,
                               "Could not open '%s'", filename);
 }
 
-void error_vprepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+void error_vprepend(Error *const *errp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
     GString *newmsg;
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void error_vprepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     (*errp)->msg = g_string_free(newmsg, 0);
 }
 
-void error_prepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
+void error_prepend(Error *const *errp, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void error_prepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
-void error_append_hint(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
+void error_append_hint(Error *const *errp, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
     int saved_errno = errno;
diff --git a/util/qemu-error.c b/util/qemu-error.c
index f373f3b3b0..dac7c7dc50 100644
--- a/util/qemu-error.c
+++ b/util/qemu-error.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ typedef enum {
     REPORT_TYPE_INFO,
 } report_type;
 
+/* Prepend timestamp to messages */
+bool error_with_timestamp;
+
 int error_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
@@ -191,7 +194,6 @@ static void print_loc(void)
     }
 }
 
-bool enable_timestamp_msg;
 /*
  * Print a message to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
  * @report_type is the type of message: error, warning or informational.
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ static void vreport(report_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     GTimeVal tv;
     gchar *timestr;
 
-    if (enable_timestamp_msg && !cur_mon) {
+    if (error_with_timestamp && !cur_mon) {
         g_get_current_time(&tv);
         timestr = g_time_val_to_iso8601(&tv);
         error_printf("%s ", timestr);