diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 643418f6f1..8e8ffbc046 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
+#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
 #include "sysemu/tpm.h"
 
 VFIOGroupList vfio_group_list =
@@ -337,6 +338,19 @@ bool vfio_mig_active(void)
     return true;
 }
 
+static void vfio_set_migration_error(int err)
+{
+    MigrationState *ms = migrate_get_current();
+
+    if (migration_is_setup_or_active(ms->state)) {
+        WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&ms->qemu_file_lock) {
+            if (ms->to_dst_file) {
+                qemu_file_set_error(ms->to_dst_file, err);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static bool vfio_devices_all_dirty_tracking(VFIOContainer *container)
 {
     VFIOGroup *group;
@@ -633,6 +647,7 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
     if (iotlb->target_as != &address_space_memory) {
         error_report("Wrong target AS \"%s\", only system memory is allowed",
                      iotlb->target_as->name ? iotlb->target_as->name : "none");
+        vfio_set_migration_error(-EINVAL);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -667,6 +682,7 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
                          "0x%"HWADDR_PRIx") = %d (%s)",
                          container, iova,
                          iotlb->addr_mask + 1, ret, strerror(-ret));
+            vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
         }
     }
 out:
@@ -1212,7 +1228,7 @@ static void vfio_listener_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
     }
 }
 
-static void vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(VFIOContainer *container, bool start)
+static int vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(VFIOContainer *container, bool start)
 {
     int ret;
     struct vfio_iommu_type1_dirty_bitmap dirty = {
@@ -1220,7 +1236,7 @@ static void vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(VFIOContainer *container, bool start)
     };
 
     if (!container->dirty_pages_supported) {
-        return;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     if (start) {
@@ -1231,23 +1247,34 @@ static void vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(VFIOContainer *container, bool start)
 
     ret = ioctl(container->fd, VFIO_IOMMU_DIRTY_PAGES, &dirty);
     if (ret) {
+        ret = -errno;
         error_report("Failed to set dirty tracking flag 0x%x errno: %d",
                      dirty.flags, errno);
     }
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void vfio_listener_log_global_start(MemoryListener *listener)
 {
     VFIOContainer *container = container_of(listener, VFIOContainer, listener);
+    int ret;
 
-    vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(container, true);
+    ret = vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(container, true);
+    if (ret) {
+        vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+    }
 }
 
 static void vfio_listener_log_global_stop(MemoryListener *listener)
 {
     VFIOContainer *container = container_of(listener, VFIOContainer, listener);
+    int ret;
 
-    vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(container, false);
+    ret = vfio_set_dirty_page_tracking(container, false);
+    if (ret) {
+        vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+    }
 }
 
 static int vfio_get_dirty_bitmap(VFIOContainer *container, uint64_t iova,
@@ -1323,19 +1350,18 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_dirty_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
     VFIOContainer *container = giommu->container;
     hwaddr iova = iotlb->iova + giommu->iommu_offset;
     ram_addr_t translated_addr;
+    int ret = -EINVAL;
 
     trace_vfio_iommu_map_dirty_notify(iova, iova + iotlb->addr_mask);
 
     if (iotlb->target_as != &address_space_memory) {
         error_report("Wrong target AS \"%s\", only system memory is allowed",
                      iotlb->target_as->name ? iotlb->target_as->name : "none");
-        return;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     rcu_read_lock();
     if (vfio_get_xlat_addr(iotlb, NULL, &translated_addr, NULL)) {
-        int ret;
-
         ret = vfio_get_dirty_bitmap(container, iova, iotlb->addr_mask + 1,
                                     translated_addr);
         if (ret) {
@@ -1346,6 +1372,11 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_dirty_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
         }
     }
     rcu_read_unlock();
+
+out:
+    if (ret) {
+        vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+    }
 }
 
 static int vfio_ram_discard_get_dirty_bitmap(MemoryRegionSection *section,
@@ -1438,13 +1469,19 @@ static void vfio_listener_log_sync(MemoryListener *listener,
         MemoryRegionSection *section)
 {
     VFIOContainer *container = container_of(listener, VFIOContainer, listener);
+    int ret;
 
     if (vfio_listener_skipped_section(section)) {
         return;
     }
 
     if (vfio_devices_all_dirty_tracking(container)) {
-        vfio_sync_dirty_bitmap(container, section);
+        ret = vfio_sync_dirty_bitmap(container, section);
+        if (ret) {
+            error_report("vfio: Failed to sync dirty bitmap, err: %d (%s)", ret,
+                         strerror(-ret));
+            vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+        }
     }
 }
 
