diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index b2eaea8353..b652b07ced 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static void machvirt_init(MachineState *machine)
         cc->parse_features(CPU(cpuobj), cpuopts, &err);
         g_free(cpuopts);
         if (err) {
-            error_report("%s", error_get_pretty(err));
+            error_report_err(err);
             exit(1);
         }
 
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index e7d97eea93..3b0e222cb3 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -941,8 +941,7 @@ int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f)
     int file_error_after_eof = -1;
 
     if (qemu_savevm_state_blocked(&local_err)) {
-        error_report("%s", error_get_pretty(local_err));
-        error_free(local_err);
+        error_report_err(local_err);
         return -EINVAL;
     }