diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
index 1eb2b6a881..ea6dc36118 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ qemuHotplugCreateObjects(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     if (event)
         virQEMUCapsSet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DEL_EVENT);
 
-    ret = qemuTestCapsCacheInsert(driver.qemuCapsCache, testname,
-                                  priv->qemuCaps);
-    if (ret < 0)
+    if (qemuTestCapsCacheInsert(driver.qemuCapsCache, testname,
+                                priv->qemuCaps) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!((*vm)->def = virDomainDefParseString(domxml,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index be7417820e..39443e22d8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -407,9 +407,8 @@ testCompareXMLToArgvHelper(const void *data)
     if (virQEMUCapsGet(info->extraFlags, QEMU_CAPS_ENABLE_FIPS))
         flags |= FLAG_FIPS;
 
-    result = qemuTestCapsCacheInsert(driver.qemuCapsCache, info->name,
-                                     info->extraFlags);
-    if (result < 0)
+    if (qemuTestCapsCacheInsert(driver.qemuCapsCache, info->name,
+                                info->extraFlags) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     result = testCompareXMLToArgvFiles(xml, args, info->extraFlags,