diff --git a/block/quorum.c b/block/quorum.c
index 9ed20e1998..6df9449fc2 100644
--- a/block/quorum.c
+++ b/block/quorum.c
@@ -910,13 +910,12 @@ static int quorum_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     /* count how many different children are present */
     s->num_children = qdict_array_entries(options, "children.");
     if (s->num_children < 0) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "Option children is not a valid array");
+        error_setg(errp, "Option children is not a valid array");
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto exit;
     }
     if (s->num_children < 1) {
-        error_setg(&local_err,
-                   "Number of provided children must be 1 or more");
+        error_setg(errp, "Number of provided children must be 1 or more");
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto exit;
     }
@@ -929,7 +928,7 @@ static int quorum_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     s->threshold = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, QUORUM_OPT_VOTE_THRESHOLD, 0);
     /* and validate it against s->num_children */
-    ret = quorum_valid_threshold(s->threshold, s->num_children, &local_err);
+    ret = quorum_valid_threshold(s->threshold, s->num_children, errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto exit;
     }
@@ -942,7 +941,7 @@ static int quorum_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
                               -EINVAL, NULL);
     }
     if (ret < 0) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "Please set read-pattern as fifo or quorum");
+        error_setg(errp, "Please set read-pattern as fifo or quorum");
         goto exit;
     }
     s->read_pattern = ret;
@@ -950,7 +949,7 @@ static int quorum_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     if (s->read_pattern == QUORUM_READ_PATTERN_QUORUM) {
         s->is_blkverify = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, QUORUM_OPT_BLKVERIFY, false);
         if (s->is_blkverify && (s->num_children != 2 || s->threshold != 2)) {
-            error_setg(&local_err, "blkverify=on can only be set if there are "
+            error_setg(errp, "blkverify=on can only be set if there are "
                        "exactly two files and vote-threshold is 2");
             ret = -EINVAL;
             goto exit;
@@ -959,7 +958,7 @@ static int quorum_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         s->rewrite_corrupted = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, QUORUM_OPT_REWRITE,
                                                  false);
         if (s->rewrite_corrupted && s->is_blkverify) {
-            error_setg(&local_err,
+            error_setg(errp,
                        "rewrite-corrupted=on cannot be used with blkverify=on");
             ret = -EINVAL;
             goto exit;
@@ -979,6 +978,7 @@ static int quorum_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
                                          &child_of_bds, BDRV_CHILD_DATA, false,
                                          &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             ret = -EINVAL;
             goto close_exit;
         }
@@ -1004,8 +1004,6 @@ close_exit:
     g_free(opened);
 exit:
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
-    /* propagate error */
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/replication.c b/block/replication.c
index 7f4ab357a4..0c70215784 100644
--- a/block/replication.c
+++ b/block/replication.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ static int replication_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
 {
     int ret;
     BDRVReplicationState *s = bs->opaque;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
     const char *mode;
     const char *top_id;
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ static int replication_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
 
     mode = qemu_opt_get(opts, REPLICATION_MODE);
     if (!mode) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "Missing the option mode");
+        error_setg(errp, "Missing the option mode");
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -113,7 +112,8 @@ static int replication_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
         s->mode = REPLICATION_MODE_PRIMARY;
         top_id = qemu_opt_get(opts, REPLICATION_TOP_ID);
         if (top_id) {
-            error_setg(&local_err, "The primary side does not support option top-id");
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "The primary side does not support option top-id");
             goto fail;
         }
     } else if (!strcmp(mode, "secondary")) {
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ static int replication_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
         top_id = qemu_opt_get(opts, REPLICATION_TOP_ID);
         s->top_id = g_strdup(top_id);
         if (!s->top_id) {
-            error_setg(&local_err, "Missing the option top-id");
+            error_setg(errp, "Missing the option top-id");
             goto fail;
         }
     } else {
-        error_setg(&local_err,
+        error_setg(errp,
                    "The option mode's value should be primary or secondary");
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ static int replication_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
 
 fail:
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
-    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/vxhs.c b/block/vxhs.c
index 20513a43f4..ef2848fb60 100644
--- a/block/vxhs.c
+++ b/block/vxhs.c
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ static int vxhs_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
     QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
     QemuOpts *tcp_opts = NULL;
     char *of_vsa_addr = NULL;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     const char *vdisk_id_opt;
     const char *server_host_opt;
     int ret = 0;
@@ -326,14 +325,14 @@ static int vxhs_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
     /* vdisk-id is the disk UUID */
     vdisk_id_opt = qemu_opt_get(opts, VXHS_OPT_VDISK_ID);
     if (!vdisk_id_opt) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, QERR_MISSING_PARAMETER, VXHS_OPT_VDISK_ID);
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_MISSING_PARAMETER, VXHS_OPT_VDISK_ID);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
     }
 
     /* vdisk-id may contain a leading '/' */
     if (strlen(vdisk_id_opt) > UUID_FMT_LEN + 1) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "vdisk-id cannot be more than %d characters",
+        error_setg(errp, "vdisk-id cannot be more than %d characters",
                    UUID_FMT_LEN);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
@@ -352,14 +351,14 @@ static int vxhs_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
 
     server_host_opt = qemu_opt_get(tcp_opts, VXHS_OPT_HOST);
     if (!server_host_opt) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, QERR_MISSING_PARAMETER,
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_MISSING_PARAMETER,
                    VXHS_OPT_SERVER"."VXHS_OPT_HOST);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
     }
 
     if (strlen(server_host_opt) > MAXHOSTNAMELEN) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "server.host cannot be more than %d characters",
+        error_setg(errp, "server.host cannot be more than %d characters",
                    MAXHOSTNAMELEN);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
@@ -412,7 +411,6 @@ out:
 
     if (ret < 0) {
         vxhs_unref();
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         g_free(s->vdisk_hostinfo.host);
         g_free(s->vdisk_guid);
         g_free(s->tlscredsid);
