diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 1803c69..6af02a5 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -1860,8 +1860,7 @@
                               bool auto_complete, Error **errp)
 {
     bool base_read_only;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-    BlockJob *ret;
+    BlockJob *job;
 
     base_read_only = bdrv_is_read_only(base);
 
@@ -1871,19 +1870,18 @@
         }
     }
 
-    ret = mirror_start_job(
+    job = mirror_start_job(
                      job_id, bs, creation_flags, base, NULL, speed, 0, 0,
                      MIRROR_LEAVE_BACKING_CHAIN, false,
                      on_error, on_error, true, cb, opaque,
                      &commit_active_job_driver, false, base, auto_complete,
                      filter_node_name, false, MIRROR_COPY_MODE_BACKGROUND,
-                     &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+                     errp);
+    if (!job) {
         goto error_restore_flags;
     }
 
-    return ret;
+    return job;
 
 error_restore_flags:
     /* ignore error and errp for bdrv_reopen, because we want to propagate