diff --git a/include/qemu/option.h b/include/qemu/option.h
index a3850b23a4..a3cf4c1981 100644
--- a/include/qemu/option.h
+++ b/include/qemu/option.h
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ void qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val,
 void qemu_opt_set_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, int64_t val,
                          Error **errp);
 typedef int (*qemu_opt_loopfunc)(const char *name, const char *value, void *opaque);
-int qemu_opt_foreach(QemuOpts *opts, qemu_opt_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
-                     int abort_on_failure);
+int qemu_opt_foreach(QemuOpts *opts, qemu_opt_loopfunc func, void *opaque);
 
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_find(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id);
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_create(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id,
diff --git a/net/vhost-user.c b/net/vhost-user.c
index cce168af2f..167082e76e 100644
--- a/net/vhost-user.c
+++ b/net/vhost-user.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static CharDriverState *net_vhost_parse_chardev(const NetdevVhostUserOptions *op
 
     /* inspect chardev opts */
     memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
-    if (qemu_opt_foreach(chr->opts, net_vhost_chardev_opts, &props, true) != 0) {
+    if (qemu_opt_foreach(chr->opts, net_vhost_chardev_opts, &props)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index 9f17c81d9f..b7a2150577 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts)
     }
 
     /* set properties */
-    if (qemu_opt_foreach(opts, set_property, dev, 1) != 0) {
+    if (qemu_opt_foreach(opts, set_property, dev)) {
         object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
         object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
         return NULL;
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index 2e8384e653..60818d9960 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ void qemu_spice_init(void)
     spice_server_set_playback_compression
         (spice_server, qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "playback-compression", 1));
 
-    qemu_opt_foreach(opts, add_channel, &tls_port, 0);
+    qemu_opt_foreach(opts, add_channel, &tls_port);
 
     spice_server_set_name(spice_server, qemu_name);
     spice_server_set_uuid(spice_server, qemu_uuid);
diff --git a/util/qemu-config.c b/util/qemu-config.c
index a88461f6b7..aff4cb37c0 100644
--- a/util/qemu-config.c
+++ b/util/qemu-config.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int config_write_opts(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     } else {
         fprintf(data->fp, "[%s]\n", data->list->name);
     }
-    qemu_opt_foreach(opts, config_write_opt, data, 0);
+    qemu_opt_foreach(opts, config_write_opt, data);
     fprintf(data->fp, "\n");
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index 07b03e313a..296e2b3fae 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -596,18 +596,23 @@ void qemu_opt_set_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, int64_t val,
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&opts->head, opt, next);
 }
 
-int qemu_opt_foreach(QemuOpts *opts, qemu_opt_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
-                     int abort_on_failure)
+/**
+ * For each member of @opts, call @func(name, value, @opaque).
+ * When @func() returns non-zero, break the loop and return that value.
+ * Return zero when the loop completes.
+ */
+int qemu_opt_foreach(QemuOpts *opts, qemu_opt_loopfunc func, void *opaque)
 {
     QemuOpt *opt;
-    int rc = 0;
+    int rc;
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(opt, &opts->head, next) {
         rc = func(opt->name, opt->str, opaque);
-        if (abort_on_failure  &&  rc != 0)
-            break;
+        if (rc) {
+            return rc;
+        }
     }
-    return rc;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_find(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index b3c17228e6..b12e6ffc97 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4070,8 +4070,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     }
 
     machine_opts = qemu_get_machine_opts();
-    if (qemu_opt_foreach(machine_opts, machine_set_property, current_machine,
-                         1) < 0) {
+    if (qemu_opt_foreach(machine_opts, machine_set_property,
+                         current_machine)) {
         object_unref(OBJECT(current_machine));
         exit(1);
     }