diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index b46d16cd2c..1473ab3d5e 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void set_netdev(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     peers_ptr->queues = queues;
 
 out:
-    error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(errp, err, obj, name, str);
+    error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(errp, err, obj, prop->name, str);
     g_free(str);
 }