diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
index 40ff9e0a82..1a8a4ba18a 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class QMPCompleter:
         return None
 
 
-class QMPShellError(Exception):
+class QMPShellError(qmp.QMPError):
     pass