diff --git a/scripts/qapi/.flake8 b/scripts/qapi/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b158c68b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qapi/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[flake8]
+extend-ignore = E722  # Prefer pylint's bare-except checks to flake8's
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/commands.py b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
index e06c10afcd..cde0c1e777 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def gen_call(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type):
 def gen_marshal_output(ret_type):
     return mcgen('''
 
-static void qmp_marshal_output_%(c_name)s(%(c_type)s ret_in, QObject **ret_out, Error **errp)
+static void qmp_marshal_output_%(c_name)s(%(c_type)s ret_in,
+                                QObject **ret_out, Error **errp)
 {
     Visitor *v;
 
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/schema.py b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
index 71ebb1e396..afd750989e 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/schema.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class QAPISchemaVariants:
             v.set_defined_in(name)
 
     def check(self, schema, seen):
-        if not self.tag_member: # flat union
+        if not self.tag_member:  # flat union
             self.tag_member = seen.get(c_name(self._tag_name))
             base = "'base'"
             # Pointing to the base type when not implicit would be
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ class QAPISchema:
         self._entity_dict = {}
         self._module_dict = OrderedDict()
         self._schema_dir = os.path.dirname(fname)
-        self._make_module(None) # built-ins
+        self._make_module(None)  # built-ins
         self._make_module(fname)
         self._predefining = True
         self._def_predefineds()
@@ -968,7 +968,9 @@ class QAPISchema:
             # But it's not tight: the disjunction need not imply it.  We
             # may end up compiling useless wrapper types.
             # TODO kill simple unions or implement the disjunction
-            assert (ifcond or []) == typ._ifcond # pylint: disable=protected-access
+
+            # pylint: disable=protected-access
+            assert (ifcond or []) == typ._ifcond
         else:
             self._def_entity(QAPISchemaObjectType(
                 name, info, None, ifcond, None, None, members, None))
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/visit.py b/scripts/qapi/visit.py
index ea277e7704..9fdbe5b9ef 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/visit.py
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ def gen_visit_decl(name, scalar=False):
     if not scalar:
         c_type += '*'
     return mcgen('''
-bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_type)sobj, Error **errp);
+
+bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                 %(c_type)sobj, Error **errp);
 ''',
                  c_name=c_name(name), c_type=c_type)
 
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ bool visit_type_%(c_name)s_members(Visitor *v, %(c_name)s *obj, Error **errp)
 def gen_visit_list(name, element_type):
     return mcgen('''
 
-bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_name)s **obj, Error **errp)
+bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                 %(c_name)s **obj, Error **errp)
 {
     bool ok = false;
     %(c_name)s *tail;
@@ -158,7 +161,8 @@ out_obj:
 def gen_visit_enum(name):
     return mcgen('''
 
-bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_name)s *obj, Error **errp)
+bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                 %(c_name)s *obj, Error **errp)
 {
     int value = *obj;
     bool ok = visit_type_enum(v, name, &value, &%(c_name)s_lookup, errp);
@@ -172,7 +176,8 @@ bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_name)s *obj, Error
 def gen_visit_alternate(name, variants):
     ret = mcgen('''
 
-bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_name)s **obj, Error **errp)
+bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                 %(c_name)s **obj, Error **errp)
 {
     bool ok = false;
 
@@ -247,7 +252,8 @@ out_obj:
 def gen_visit_object(name, base, members, variants):
     return mcgen('''
 
-bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_name)s **obj, Error **errp)
+bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                 %(c_name)s **obj, Error **errp)
 {
     bool ok = false;