diff --git a/hw/sd/sdhci-pci.c b/hw/sd/sdhci-pci.c
index 4f5977d487..c737c8b930 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sdhci-pci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sdhci-pci.c
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ static Property sdhci_pci_properties[] = {
 
 static void sdhci_pci_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
 {
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     SDHCIState *s = PCI_SDHCI(dev);
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     sdhci_initfn(s);
-    sdhci_common_realize(s, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+    sdhci_common_realize(s, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/sd/sdhci.c b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
index eb2be6529e..deac181865 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sdhci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps sdhci_mmio_ops = {
 
 static void sdhci_init_readonly_registers(SDHCIState *s, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    ERRP_GUARD();
 
     switch (s->sd_spec_version) {
     case 2 ... 3:
@@ -1299,9 +1299,8 @@ static void sdhci_init_readonly_registers(SDHCIState *s, Error **errp)
     }
     s->version = (SDHC_HCVER_VENDOR << 8) | (s->sd_spec_version - 1);
 
-    sdhci_check_capareg(s, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+    sdhci_check_capareg(s, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
         return;
     }
 }
@@ -1332,11 +1331,10 @@ void sdhci_uninitfn(SDHCIState *s)
 
 void sdhci_common_realize(SDHCIState *s, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    ERRP_GUARD();
 
-    sdhci_init_readonly_registers(s, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+    sdhci_init_readonly_registers(s, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
         return;
     }
     s->buf_maxsz = sdhci_get_fifolen(s);
@@ -1456,13 +1454,12 @@ static void sdhci_sysbus_finalize(Object *obj)
 
 static void sdhci_sysbus_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     SDHCIState *s = SYSBUS_SDHCI(dev);
     SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    sdhci_common_realize(s, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+    sdhci_common_realize(s, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c b/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c
index 3717b2e721..9210ef567f 100644
--- a/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c
+++ b/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_ssi_sd = {
 
 static void ssi_sd_realize(SSISlave *d, Error **errp)
 {
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     ssi_sd_state *s = SSI_SD(d);
     DeviceState *carddev;
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
-    Error *err = NULL;
 
     qbus_create_inplace(&s->sdbus, sizeof(s->sdbus), TYPE_SD_BUS,
                         DEVICE(d), "sd-bus");
@@ -255,23 +255,23 @@ static void ssi_sd_realize(SSISlave *d, Error **errp)
     carddev = qdev_new(TYPE_SD_CARD);
     if (dinfo) {
         if (!qdev_prop_set_drive_err(carddev, "drive",
-                                     blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), &err)) {
+                                     blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), errp)) {
             goto fail;
         }
     }
 
-    if (!object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(carddev), "spi", true, &err)) {
+    if (!object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(carddev), "spi", true, errp)) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    if (!qdev_realize_and_unref(carddev, BUS(&s->sdbus), &err)) {
+    if (!qdev_realize_and_unref(carddev, BUS(&s->sdbus), errp)) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
     return;
 
 fail:
-    error_propagate_prepend(errp, err, "failed to init SD card: ");
+    error_prepend(errp, "failed to init SD card: ");
 }
 
 static void ssi_sd_reset(DeviceState *dev)