diff --git a/hw/acpi/erst.c b/hw/acpi/erst.c
index de509c2b48..df856b2669 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/erst.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/erst.c
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ static void check_erst_backend_storage(ERSTDeviceState *s, Error **errp)
         (record_size >= 4096) /* PAGE_SIZE */
         )) {
         error_setg(errp, "ERST record_size %u is invalid", record_size);
+        return;
     }
 
     /* Validity check header */
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ static void check_erst_backend_storage(ERSTDeviceState *s, Error **errp)
         (le16_to_cpu(header->reserved) == 0)
         )) {
         error_setg(errp, "ERST backend storage header is invalid");
+        return;
     }
 
     /* Check storage_size against record_size */
@@ -457,6 +459,7 @@ static void check_erst_backend_storage(ERSTDeviceState *s, Error **errp)
          (record_size > s->storage_size)) {
         error_setg(errp, "ACPI ERST requires storage size be multiple of "
             "record size (%uKiB)", record_size);
+        return;
     }
 
     /* Compute offset of first and last record storage slot */