diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index ec68f4a9ca..bca441f7fd 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -623,8 +623,7 @@ static void tcg_register_iommu_notifier(CPUState *cpu,
      */
     MemoryRegion *mr = MEMORY_REGION(iommu_mr);
     TCGIOMMUNotifier *notifier;
-    Error *err = NULL;
-    int i, ret;
+    int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < cpu->iommu_notifiers->len; i++) {
         notifier = g_array_index(cpu->iommu_notifiers, TCGIOMMUNotifier *, i);
@@ -653,12 +652,8 @@ static void tcg_register_iommu_notifier(CPUState *cpu,
                             0,
                             HWADDR_MAX,
                             iommu_idx);
-        ret = memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(notifier->mr, &notifier->n,
-                                                    &err);
-        if (ret) {
-            error_report_err(err);
-            exit(1);
-        }
+        memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(notifier->mr, &notifier->n,
+                                              &error_fatal);
     }
 
     if (!notifier->active) {
diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 7bf27b9db7..a160a9da9c 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -817,9 +817,7 @@ static void failover_add_primary(VirtIONet *n, Error **errp)
             "sure primary device has parameter"
             " failover_pair_id=<virtio-net-id>\n");
 }
-    if (err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-    }
+    error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
 
 static int is_my_primary(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
@@ -873,9 +871,7 @@ static DeviceState *virtio_connect_failover_devices(VirtIONet *n,
         n->primary_device_id = g_strdup(prim_dev->id);
         n->primary_device_opts = prim_dev->opts;
     } else {
-        if (err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, err);
-        }
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
     }
 
     return prim_dev;
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index 28266a3a35..e52182f946 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static void virtio_ccw_register_hcalls(void)
 static void s390_memory_init(MemoryRegion *ram)
 {
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     /* allocate RAM for core */
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, ram);
@@ -170,11 +169,7 @@ static void s390_memory_init(MemoryRegion *ram)
      * Configure the maximum page size. As no memory devices were created
      * yet, this is the page size of initial memory only.
      */
-    s390_set_max_pagesize(qemu_maxrampagesize(), &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
+    s390_set_max_pagesize(qemu_maxrampagesize(), &error_fatal);
     /* Initialize storage key device */
     s390_skeys_init();
     /* Initialize storage attributes device */
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 68f0a75134..3077fa6ef5 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -712,9 +712,8 @@ static void vhost_iommu_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
                                          iommu_listener);
     struct vhost_iommu *iommu;
     Int128 end;
-    int iommu_idx, ret;
+    int iommu_idx;
     IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr;
-    Error *err = NULL;
 
     if (!memory_region_is_iommu(section->mr)) {
         return;
@@ -737,11 +736,8 @@ static void vhost_iommu_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
     iommu->iommu_offset = section->offset_within_address_space -
                           section->offset_within_region;
     iommu->hdev = dev;
-    ret = memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(section->mr, &iommu->n, &err);
-    if (ret) {
-        error_report_err(err);
-        exit(1);
-    }
+    memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(section->mr, &iommu->n,
+                                          &error_fatal);
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&dev->iommu_list, iommu, iommu_next);
     /* TODO: can replay help performance here? */
 }
diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index 80788d46b5..3f1d3dfd95 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -798,9 +798,7 @@ static void colo_incoming_process_checkpoint(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
 
     colo_send_message(mis->to_src_file, COLO_MESSAGE_VMSTATE_LOADED,
                  &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-    }
+    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
 static void colo_wait_handle_message(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index aca7fdcd0b..0575ecb379 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -623,9 +623,7 @@ void migration_fd_process_incoming(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (migration_incoming_setup(f, &local_err)) {
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-        }
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
     }
     migration_incoming_process();
@@ -647,9 +645,7 @@ void migration_ioc_process_incoming(QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp)
         }
 
         if (migration_incoming_setup(f, &local_err)) {
-            if (local_err) {
-                error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-            }
+            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             return;
         }