diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index c15db9ae2d..8b7909a384 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ static int qemu_loadvm_state_v2(QEMUFile *f)
             if (ret < 0) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "qemu: warning: error while loading state for instance 0x%x of device '%s'\n",
                         instance_id, idstr);
+                return ret;
             }
         }
         /* always seek to exact end of record */