diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index c3d82a9d6e434e33f361e4b96157bf912d5c3a2f..4cf3e13a8439bd1b9a032e9d4e75df676eba457b 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ bool vfio_viommu_preset(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
     return vbasedev->bcontainer->space->as != &address_space_memory;
 }
 
-static void vfio_set_migration_error(int err)
+static void vfio_set_migration_error(int ret, Error *err)
 {
     if (migration_is_setup_or_active()) {
-        migration_file_set_error(err, NULL);
+        migration_file_set_error(ret, err);
     }
 }
 
@@ -295,9 +295,10 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
                                 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");
-        vfio_set_migration_error(-EINVAL);
+        error_setg(&local_err,
+                   "Wrong target AS \"%s\", only system memory is allowed",
+                   iotlb->target_as->name ? iotlb->target_as->name : "none");
+        vfio_set_migration_error(-EINVAL, local_err);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -330,11 +331,12 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
         ret = vfio_container_dma_unmap(bcontainer, iova,
                                        iotlb->addr_mask + 1, iotlb);
         if (ret) {
-            error_report("vfio_container_dma_unmap(%p, 0x%"HWADDR_PRIx", "
-                         "0x%"HWADDR_PRIx") = %d (%s)",
-                         bcontainer, iova,
-                         iotlb->addr_mask + 1, ret, strerror(-ret));
-            vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+            error_setg(&local_err,
+                       "vfio_container_dma_unmap(%p, 0x%"HWADDR_PRIx", "
+                       "0x%"HWADDR_PRIx") = %d (%s)",
+                       bcontainer, iova,
+                       iotlb->addr_mask + 1, ret, strerror(-ret));
+            vfio_set_migration_error(ret, local_err);
         }
     }
 out:
@@ -1108,8 +1110,7 @@ static void vfio_listener_log_global_stop(MemoryListener *listener)
     if (ret) {
         error_prepend(&local_err,
                       "vfio: Could not stop dirty page tracking - ");
-        error_report_err(local_err);
-        vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+        vfio_set_migration_error(ret, local_err);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1226,14 +1227,14 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_dirty_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
     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");
+        error_setg(&local_err,
+                   "Wrong target AS \"%s\", only system memory is allowed",
+                   iotlb->target_as->name ? iotlb->target_as->name : "none");
         goto out;
     }
 
     rcu_read_lock();
     if (!vfio_get_xlat_addr(iotlb, NULL, &translated_addr, NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
         goto out_lock;
     }
 
@@ -1244,7 +1245,6 @@ static void vfio_iommu_map_dirty_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
                       "vfio_iommu_map_dirty_notify(%p, 0x%"HWADDR_PRIx", "
                       "0x%"HWADDR_PRIx") failed - ", bcontainer, iova,
                       iotlb->addr_mask + 1);
-        error_report_err(local_err);
     }
 
 out_lock:
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ out_lock:
 
 out:
     if (ret) {
-        vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+        vfio_set_migration_error(ret, local_err);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1372,8 +1372,7 @@ static void vfio_listener_log_sync(MemoryListener *listener,
     if (vfio_devices_all_dirty_tracking(bcontainer)) {
         ret = vfio_sync_dirty_bitmap(bcontainer, section, &local_err);
         if (ret) {
-            error_report_err(local_err);
-            vfio_set_migration_error(ret);
+            vfio_set_migration_error(ret, local_err);
         }
     }
 }
