diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 15dc8aa21c..e7d342ab59 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -724,11 +724,8 @@ fail:
 /**
  * migration_incoming_setup: Setup incoming migration
  * @f: file for main migration channel
- * @errp: where to put errors
- *
- * Returns: %true on success, %false on error.
  */
-static bool migration_incoming_setup(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
+static void migration_incoming_setup(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
 
@@ -736,7 +733,6 @@ static bool migration_incoming_setup(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
         mis->from_src_file = f;
     }
     qemu_file_set_blocking(f, false);
-    return true;
 }
 
 void migration_incoming_process(void)
@@ -780,9 +776,7 @@ static bool postcopy_try_recover(void)
 
 void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
 {
-    if (!migration_incoming_setup(f, errp)) {
-        return;
-    }
+    migration_incoming_setup(f);
     if (postcopy_try_recover()) {
         return;
     }
@@ -855,10 +849,7 @@ void migration_ioc_process_incoming(QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp)
 
     if (default_channel) {
         f = qemu_file_new_input(ioc);
-
-        if (!migration_incoming_setup(f, errp)) {
-            return;
-        }
+        migration_incoming_setup(f);
     } else {
         /* Multiple connections */
         assert(migration_needs_multiple_sockets());