diff --git a/scripts/qapi/parser.py b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
index ca5e8e1..a53b735 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/parser.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
@@ -40,15 +40,9 @@ def __init__(self, fname, previously_included=None, incl_info=None):
         previously_included = previously_included or set()
         previously_included.add(os.path.abspath(fname))
 
-        try:
-            fp = open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
+        # May raise OSError; allow the caller to handle it.
+        with open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
             self.src = fp.read()
-        except IOError as e:
-            raise QAPISemError(incl_info or QAPISourceInfo(None, None, None),
-                               "can't read %s file '%s': %s"
-                               % ("include" if incl_info else "schema",
-                                  fname,
-                                  e.strerror))
 
         if self.src == '' or self.src[-1] != '\n':
             self.src += '\n'
@@ -129,7 +123,13 @@ def _include(self, include, info, incl_fname, previously_included):
         if incl_abs_fname in previously_included:
             return None
 
-        return QAPISchemaParser(incl_fname, previously_included, info)
+        try:
+            return QAPISchemaParser(incl_fname, previously_included, info)
+        except OSError as err:
+            raise QAPISemError(
+                info,
+                f"can't read include file '{incl_fname}': {err.strerror}"
+            ) from err
 
     def _check_pragma_list_of_str(self, name, value, info):
         if (not isinstance(value, list)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/schema.py b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
index 3a4172f..d1d27ff 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/schema.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from .common import POINTER_SUFFIX, c_name
-from .error import QAPISemError, QAPISourceError
+from .error import QAPIError, QAPISemError, QAPISourceError
 from .expr import check_exprs
 from .parser import QAPISchemaParser
 
@@ -849,7 +849,14 @@ def visit(self, visitor):
 class QAPISchema:
     def __init__(self, fname):
         self.fname = fname
-        parser = QAPISchemaParser(fname)
+
+        try:
+            parser = QAPISchemaParser(fname)
+        except OSError as err:
+            raise QAPIError(
+                f"can't read schema file '{fname}': {err.strerror}"
+            ) from err
+
         exprs = check_exprs(parser.exprs)
         self.docs = parser.docs
         self._entity_list = []
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/source.py b/scripts/qapi/source.py
index 03b6ede..1ade864 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/source.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/source.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 import copy
-import sys
 from typing import List, Optional, TypeVar
 
 
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ def next_line(self: T) -> T:
         return info
 
     def loc(self) -> str:
-        if self.fname is None:
-            return sys.argv[0]
         ret = self.fname
         if self.line is not None:
             ret += ':%d' % self.line
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
index e8db9d0..f1c4deb 100755
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ def test_and_diff(test_name, dir_name, update):
     try:
         test_frontend(os.path.join(dir_name, test_name + '.json'))
     except QAPIError as err:
-        if err.info.fname is None:
-            print("%s" % err, file=sys.stderr)
-            return 2
         errstr = str(err) + '\n'
         if dir_name:
             errstr = errstr.replace(dir_name + '/', '')