diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
index aa04bc4e07..ff321915b6 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
@@ -1058,8 +1058,7 @@ static int openvzAssignUUIDs(void)
     if (conf_dir == NULL)
         return -1;
 
-    dp = opendir(conf_dir);
-    if (dp == NULL) {
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&dp, conf_dir) < 0) {
         VIR_FREE(conf_dir);
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
index 0952767000..dd3a3cf8fa 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ qemuHostdevHostSupportsPassthroughVFIO(void)
     int direrr;
 
     /* condition 1 - /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/ contains entries */
-    if (!(iommuDir = opendir("/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/")))
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&iommuDir, "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/") < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     while ((direrr = virDirRead(iommuDir, &iommuGroup, NULL)) > 0) {
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
index 43f6ecc383..5adf1fd71b 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ virStorageBackendStablePath(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
      * get created.
      */
  reopen:
-    if ((dh = opendir(pool->def->target.path)) == NULL) {
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&dh, pool->def->target.path) < 0) {
         opentries++;
         if (loop && errno == ENOENT && opentries < 50) {
             usleep(100 * 1000);
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index 4c6abd96ce..04f38181e5 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -3378,8 +3378,7 @@ virCgroupRemoveRecursively(char *grppath)
     int rc = 0;
     int direrr;
 
-    grpdir = opendir(grppath);
-    if (grpdir == NULL) {
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&grpdir, grppath) < 0) {
         if (errno == ENOENT)
             return 0;
         rc = -errno;
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.c b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
index 087ce22584..f38fbec5f3 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ virHostCPUGetInfoPopulateLinux(FILE *cpuinfo,
     if (virAsprintf(&sysfs_nodedir, "%s/node", sysfs_system_path) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(nodedir = opendir(sysfs_nodedir))) {
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&nodedir, sysfs_nodedir) < 0) {
         /* the host isn't probably running a NUMA architecture */
         goto fallback;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.c b/src/util/virpci.c
index 98951119d7..132948d32d 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.c
+++ b/src/util/virpci.c
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ virPCIDeviceAddressIOMMUGroupIterate(virPCIDeviceAddressPtr orig,
                     orig->domain, orig->bus, orig->slot, orig->function) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(groupDir = opendir(groupPath))) {
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&groupDir, groupPath) < 0) {
         /* just process the original device, nothing more */
         ret = (actor)(orig, opaque);
         goto cleanup;
@@ -2683,8 +2683,7 @@ virPCIGetNetName(char *device_link_sysfs_path, char **netname)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    dir = opendir(pcidev_sysfs_net_path);
-    if (dir == NULL)
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&dir, pcidev_sysfs_net_path) < 0)
         goto out;
 
     while (virDirRead(dir, &entry, pcidev_sysfs_net_path) > 0) {
diff --git a/tools/nss/libvirt_nss.c b/tools/nss/libvirt_nss.c
index d0b7217e97..54c4a2a133 100644
--- a/tools/nss/libvirt_nss.c
+++ b/tools/nss/libvirt_nss.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ findLease(const char *name,
     }
 
 
-    if (!(dir = opendir(leaseDir))) {
+    if (virDirOpenQuiet(&dir, leaseDir) < 0) {
         ERROR("Failed to open dir '%s'", leaseDir);
         goto cleanup;
     }