diff --git a/qemu/util/error.c b/qemu/util/error.c
index a4d7a083..061ff003 100644
--- a/qemu/util/error.c
+++ b/qemu/util/error.c
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ static void error_handle_fatal(Error **errp, Error *err)
 
 static void error_setv(Error **errp,
                        const char *src, int line, const char *func,
-                       ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+                       ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt, va_list ap,
+                       const char *suffix)
 {
     Error *err;
     int saved_errno = errno;
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ static void error_setv(Error **errp,
     err = g_malloc0(sizeof(*err));
 
     err->msg = g_strdup_vprintf(fmt, ap);
+    if (suffix) {
+        char *msg = err->msg;
+        err->msg = g_strdup_printf("%s: %s", msg, suffix);
+        g_free(msg);
+    }
     err->err_class = err_class;
     err->src = src;
     err->line = line;
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ void error_set_internal(Error **errp,
     va_list ap;
 
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    error_setv(errp, src, line, func, err_class, fmt, ap);
+    error_setv(errp, src, line, func, err_class, fmt, ap, NULL);
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ void error_setg_internal(Error **errp,
     va_list ap;
 
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    error_setv(errp, src, line, func, ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, fmt, ap);
+    error_setv(errp, src, line, func, ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, fmt, ap, NULL);
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +103,6 @@ void error_setg_errno_internal(Error **errp,
                                int os_errno, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
-    char *msg;
     int saved_errno = errno;
 
     if (errp == NULL) {
@@ -105,15 +110,10 @@ void error_setg_errno_internal(Error **errp,
     }
 
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    error_setv(errp, src, line, func, ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, fmt, ap);
+    error_setv(errp, src, line, func, ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, fmt, ap,
+               os_errno != 0 ? strerror(os_errno) : NULL);
     va_end(ap);
 
-    if (os_errno != 0) {
-        msg = (*errp)->msg;
-        (*errp)->msg = g_strdup_printf("%s: %s", msg, strerror(os_errno));
-        g_free(msg);
-    }
-
     errno = saved_errno;
 }