diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index 8f2b4dbe7d..af114452e0 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -532,12 +532,11 @@ static void dump_qdict(fprintf_function func_fprintf, void *f, int indentation,
 void bdrv_image_info_specific_dump(fprintf_function func_fprintf, void *f,
                                    ImageInfoSpecific *info_spec)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     QmpOutputVisitor *ov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
     QObject *obj, *data;
 
     visit_type_ImageInfoSpecific(qmp_output_get_visitor(ov), &info_spec, NULL,
-                                 &local_err);
+                                 &error_abort);
     obj = qmp_output_get_qobject(ov);
     assert(qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QDICT);
     data = qdict_get(qobject_to_qdict(obj), "data");