diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index b113a5bc1e..af49e58f8e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -3455,7 +3455,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachFSDevice(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 
     charAlias = qemuDomainGetVhostUserChrAlias(fs->info.alias);
 
-    if (qemuBuildVHostUserFsDevProps(fs, vm->def, charAlias, priv) < 0)
+    if (!(devprops = qemuBuildVHostUserFsDevProps(fs, vm->def, charAlias, priv)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!fs->sock) {