diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c
index f3641dbe4a..3465b1ef30 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/xattr.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
@@ -655,12 +656,13 @@ static int handle_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, FsDriverEntry *fse, Error **errp)
     warn_report("handle backend is deprecated");
 
     if (sec_model) {
-        error_report("Invalid argument security_model specified with handle fsdriver");
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Invalid argument security_model specified with handle fsdriver");
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (!path) {
-        error_report("fsdev: No path specified");
+        error_setg(errp, "fsdev: No path specified");
         return -1;
     }
     fse->path = g_strdup(path);