diff --git a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
index d579746db6..8b17f4def7 100644
--- a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
+++ b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ typedef bool (*user_creatable_add_opts_predicate)(const char *type);
  * user_creatable_add_opts_foreach:
  * @opaque: a user_creatable_add_opts_predicate callback or NULL
  * @opts: options to create
- * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
+ * @errp: unused
  *
  * An iterator callback to be used in conjunction with
  * the qemu_opts_foreach() method for creating a list of
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ typedef bool (*user_creatable_add_opts_predicate)(const char *type);
  *
  * The @opaque parameter can be passed a user_creatable_add_opts_predicate
  * callback to filter which types of object are created during iteration.
+ * When it fails, report the error.
  *
- * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -1 when an error was reported.
  */
 int user_creatable_add_opts_foreach(void *opaque,
                                     QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 1697762606..46f2a6def4 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -435,8 +435,7 @@ static int img_create(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -598,7 +597,6 @@ static int img_check(int argc, char **argv)
     bool writethrough;
     ImageCheck *check;
     bool quiet = false;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool image_opts = false;
 
     fmt = NULL;
@@ -679,8 +677,7 @@ static int img_check(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -871,8 +868,7 @@ static int img_commit(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -1133,7 +1129,6 @@ static int img_compare(int argc, char **argv)
     int64_t nb_sectors;
     int c, pnum;
     uint64_t progress_base;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool image_opts = false;
 
     cache = BDRV_DEFAULT_CACHE;
@@ -1201,8 +1196,7 @@ static int img_compare(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         ret = 2;
         goto out4;
     }
@@ -1864,8 +1858,7 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         goto fail_getopt;
     }
 
@@ -2299,7 +2292,6 @@ static int img_info(int argc, char **argv)
     bool chain = false;
     const char *filename, *fmt, *output;
     ImageInfoList *list;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool image_opts = false;
 
     fmt = NULL;
@@ -2363,8 +2355,7 @@ static int img_info(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -2513,7 +2504,6 @@ static int img_map(int argc, char **argv)
     int64_t length;
     MapEntry curr = { .length = 0 }, next;
     int ret = 0;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool image_opts = false;
 
     fmt = NULL;
@@ -2573,8 +2563,7 @@ static int img_map(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -2717,8 +2706,7 @@ static int img_snapshot(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &err)) {
-        error_report_err(err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -2867,8 +2855,7 @@ static int img_rebase(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -3133,7 +3120,6 @@ static int img_resize(int argc, char **argv)
     bool quiet = false;
     BlockBackend *blk = NULL;
     QemuOpts *param;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     static QemuOptsList resize_options = {
         .name = "resize_options",
@@ -3204,8 +3190,7 @@ static int img_resize(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -3297,7 +3282,6 @@ static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
     bool quiet = false, progress = false;
     BlockBackend *blk = NULL;
     BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool image_opts = false;
 
     cache = BDRV_DEFAULT_CACHE;
@@ -3365,8 +3349,7 @@ static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         ret = -1;
         goto out_no_progress;
     }
diff --git a/qemu-io.c b/qemu-io.c
index 288bba84b9..0598251e7c 100644
--- a/qemu-io.c
+++ b/qemu-io.c
@@ -534,8 +534,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_error)) {
-        error_report_err(local_error);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         exit(1);
     }
 
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 2c9754e5d6..c55b40ffc8 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -711,8 +711,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_object_opts,
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+                          NULL, NULL)) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
diff --git a/qom/object_interfaces.c b/qom/object_interfaces.c
index ab5da35e4f..393189024f 100644
--- a/qom/object_interfaces.c
+++ b/qom/object_interfaces.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ int user_creatable_add_opts_foreach(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     bool (*type_predicate)(const char *) = opaque;
     Object *obj = NULL;
+    Error *err = NULL;
     const char *type;
 
     type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "qom-type");
@@ -178,8 +179,9 @@ int user_creatable_add_opts_foreach(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    obj = user_creatable_add_opts(opts, errp);
+    obj = user_creatable_add_opts(opts, &err);
     if (!obj) {
+        error_report_err(err);
         return -1;
     }
     object_unref(obj);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 9df534ff14..5fd22cb2e9 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4291,8 +4291,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          object_create_initial, &err)) {
-        error_report_err(err);
+                          object_create_initial, NULL)) {
         exit(1);
     }
 
@@ -4410,8 +4409,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),
                           user_creatable_add_opts_foreach,
-                          object_create_delayed, &err)) {
-        error_report_err(err);
+                          object_create_delayed, NULL)) {
         exit(1);
     }