diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4a7c6127d5..e5b4679981 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3930,7 +3930,7 @@ qemuProcessKill(virDomainObjPtr vm, unsigned int flags)
         }
     }
 
-    if ((flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_NOWAIT)) {
+    if (flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_NOWAIT) {
         virProcessKill(vm->pid,
                        (flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_FORCE) ?
                        SIGKILL : SIGTERM);
diff --git a/src/util/virprocess.c b/src/util/virprocess.c
index 99db003352..a569406aea 100644
--- a/src/util/virprocess.c
+++ b/src/util/virprocess.c
@@ -310,8 +310,9 @@ virProcessKillPainfully(pid_t pid, bool force)
         usleep(200 * 1000);
     }
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("Timed out waiting after SIGKILL to process %lld",
-              (long long)pid);
+    virReportSystemError(EBUSY,
+                         _("Failed to terminate process %lld with SIG%s"),
+                         (long long)pid, signame);
 
 cleanup:
     return ret;