diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 62e40db..850755e 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1629,8 +1629,7 @@
     assert(options != NULL && bs->options != options);
 
     opts = qemu_opts_create(&bdrv_runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
-    qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
+    if (!qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto fail_opts;
@@ -4091,8 +4090,7 @@
 
     /* Process generic block layer options */
     opts = qemu_opts_create(&bdrv_runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
-    qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, reopen_state->options, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
+    if (!qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, reopen_state->options, &local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto error;
@@ -6063,8 +6061,7 @@
 
     /* Parse -o options */
     if (options) {
-        qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
+        if (!qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL, &local_err)) {
             goto out;
         }
     }
@@ -6077,8 +6074,8 @@
     }
 
     if (base_filename) {
-        qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
+        if (!qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename,
+                          &local_err)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
                        fmt);
             goto out;
@@ -6086,8 +6083,7 @@
     }
 
     if (base_fmt) {
-        qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
+        if (!qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt, &local_err)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file format not supported for file "
                              "format '%s'", fmt);
             goto out;