diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index 0ad73f3430..498f5ca46a 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -611,13 +611,14 @@ int64_t qmp_guest_fsfreeze_thaw(Error **err)
 
 static void guest_fsfreeze_cleanup(void)
 {
-    int64_t ret;
     Error *err = NULL;
 
     if (ga_is_frozen(ga_state) == GUEST_FSFREEZE_STATUS_FROZEN) {
-        ret = qmp_guest_fsfreeze_thaw(&err);
-        if (ret < 0 || err) {
-            slog("failed to clean up frozen filesystems");
+        qmp_guest_fsfreeze_thaw(&err);
+        if (err) {
+            slog("failed to clean up frozen filesystems: %s",
+                 error_get_pretty(err));
+            error_free(err);
         }
     }
 }