diff --git a/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c b/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
index 37dff41fbd..4d47ceec7a 100644
--- a/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
+++ b/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ static void qmp_deserialize(void **native_out, void *datap,
     visit_complete(d->qov, &d->obj);
     obj_orig = d->obj;
     output_json = qobject_to_json(obj_orig);
-    obj = qobject_from_json(qstring_get_str(output_json), NULL);
+    obj = qobject_from_json(qstring_get_str(output_json), &error_abort);
 
     QDECREF(output_json);
     d->qiv = qobject_input_visitor_new(obj);