diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index 4e3173d..2c7101d 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -370,9 +370,8 @@
 
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), true, "realized", &err);
     if (err) {
-        error_report("Initialization of device %s failed: %s",
-                     object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)),
-                     error_get_pretty(err));
+        error_reportf_err(err, "Initialization of device %s failed: ",
+                          object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
         exit(1);
     }
 }