diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 250ddae54d..28256209b5 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ ERST
 
     {
         .name       = "qom-set",
-        .args_type  = "path:s,property:s,value:s",
+        .args_type  = "path:s,property:s,value:S",
         .params     = "path property value",
         .help       = "set QOM property",
         .cmd        = hmp_qom_set,
diff --git a/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c b/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
index a8b0a080c7..f704b6949a 100644
--- a/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -48,19 +48,13 @@ void hmp_qom_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     const char *property = qdict_get_str(qdict, "property");
     const char *value = qdict_get_str(qdict, "value");
     Error *err = NULL;
-    bool ambiguous = false;
-    Object *obj;
+    QObject *obj;
 
-    obj = object_resolve_path(path, &ambiguous);
-    if (obj == NULL) {
-        error_set(&err, ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND,
-                  "Device '%s' not found", path);
-    } else {
-        if (ambiguous) {
-            monitor_printf(mon, "Warning: Path '%s' is ambiguous\n", path);
-        }
-        object_property_parse(obj, value, property, &err);
+    obj = qobject_from_json(value, &err);
+    if (err == NULL) {
+        qmp_qom_set(path, property, obj, &err);
     }
+
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
 }