diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 804630a368..4bc40df6d2 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -4932,10 +4932,8 @@ static int img_measure(int argc, char **argv)
         filename = argv[optind];
     }
 
-    if (!filename &&
-        (object_opts || image_opts || fmt || snapshot_name || sn_opts)) {
-        error_report("--object, --image-opts, -f, and -l "
-                     "require a filename argument.");
+    if (!filename && (image_opts || fmt || snapshot_name || sn_opts)) {
+        error_report("--image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.");
         goto out;
     }
     if (filename && img_size != UINT64_MAX) {
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/178 b/tests/qemu-iotests/178
index 51a70fe669..7cf0e27154 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/178
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/178
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ _make_test_img 1G
 $QEMU_IMG measure # missing arguments
 $QEMU_IMG measure --size 2G "$TEST_IMG" # only one allowed
 $QEMU_IMG measure "$TEST_IMG" a # only one filename allowed
-$QEMU_IMG measure --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 # missing filename
+$QEMU_IMG measure --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 # size or filename needed
 $QEMU_IMG measure --image-opts # missing filename
 $QEMU_IMG measure -f qcow2 # missing filename
 $QEMU_IMG measure -l snap1 # missing filename
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.qcow2 b/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.qcow2
index 9e7d8c44df..f59bf4b2fb 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.qcow2
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.qcow2
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1073741824
 qemu-img: Either --size N or one filename must be specified.
 qemu-img: --size N cannot be used together with a filename.
 qemu-img: At most one filename argument is allowed.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
+qemu-img: Either --size N or one filename must be specified.
+qemu-img: --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
+qemu-img: --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
+qemu-img: --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
 qemu-img: Invalid option list: ,
 qemu-img: Invalid parameter 'snapshot.foo'
 qemu-img: Failed in parsing snapshot param 'snapshot.foo'
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.raw b/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.raw
index 6478365905..404ca908d8 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.raw
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/178.out.raw
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1073741824
 qemu-img: Either --size N or one filename must be specified.
 qemu-img: --size N cannot be used together with a filename.
 qemu-img: At most one filename argument is allowed.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
-qemu-img: --object, --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
+qemu-img: Either --size N or one filename must be specified.
+qemu-img: --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
+qemu-img: --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
+qemu-img: --image-opts, -f, and -l require a filename argument.
 qemu-img: Invalid option list: ,
 qemu-img: Invalid parameter 'snapshot.foo'
 qemu-img: Failed in parsing snapshot param 'snapshot.foo'