diff --git a/block/blkdebug.c b/block/blkdebug.c
index 957be2c76bfd03f68b6e54bc17d8daff0f646893..ebc5f13464efb6ff1865e4134276a0362c0d100f 100644
--- a/block/blkdebug.c
+++ b/block/blkdebug.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int blkdebug_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     const char *filename, *config;
     int ret;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/block/blkverify.c b/block/blkverify.c
index 3c6352898f332bafa00fdfd9efcd6c41eb28e5c7..1c1637f55ea8f8b12582eb9059ff16da2de052db 100644
--- a/block/blkverify.c
+++ b/block/blkverify.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int blkverify_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     const char *filename, *raw;
     int ret;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/block/curl.c b/block/curl.c
index 5a46f9707cef9475959cf377aa77d3f9f16b9db5..a6039366da2ec6d3d5cbe052186e5163421a7fc8 100644
--- a/block/curl.c
+++ b/block/curl.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int curl_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         return -EROFS;
     }
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index 877686a7feba9fe2cb2e1df3410009f5a16f5136..563d497dc29d545283a3b05d0d4af96f2557b75b 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int qemu_gluster_open(BlockDriverState *bs,  QDict *options,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     const char *filename;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index fa69408df94851b47ad5ad539fbb9a4122342067..02eba5d14fd34f3baa79b7f2cd5f0d1909028a14 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static int iscsi_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
diff --git a/block/nbd.c b/block/nbd.c
index 4455a134dbb4677ff87a1e52f02070a8fda6c663..327e913002e4e41d80004aca45e491e740fbe3ee 100644
--- a/block/nbd.c
+++ b/block/nbd.c
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ static int nbd_config(BDRVNBDState *s, QDict *options, char **export)
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    s->socket_opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+    s->socket_opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0,
+                                      &error_abort);
 
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(s->socket_opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index f29aa886715b4b357ca97e37951d652258c98190..8ec9db10f8276abcd1b87bb0ce55f9ed642e03eb 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static int qcow2_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     }
 
     /* Enable lazy_refcounts according to image and command line options */
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&qcow2_runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&qcow2_runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index 10c6b34ba9952dfa0793de29d2ee1c90eb56f93d..0676037e13d673be997474ae0a24f64e90edb6ed 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
     int fd, ret;
     struct stat st;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&raw_runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&raw_runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index 2bad5a39b4f7f5ccf78596bfb0fc5bac9911280c..ce314fd54f6c7306f6dd0c412754ffececcbdb81 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     s->type = FTYPE_FILE;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&raw_runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&raw_runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ static int hdev_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     const char *filename;
 
-    QemuOpts *opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&raw_runtime_opts);
+    QemuOpts *opts = qemu_opts_create(&raw_runtime_opts, NULL, 0,
+                                      &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 4a1ea5b5cead679249194ff17ec8d124cc1bea66..f453f047570c29b6e6d500676f7a899c2fdd1865 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     const char *filename;
     int r;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index d1c812df3d17c2c03d5bfc820c38968c0f3ab9ef..5ce06581112efc6c7242d3f106106165936815d3 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ static int sd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     s->bs = bs;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index 1abb8ad8e414d28e0faa218c3d69e0573253ad9c..664941c5603523561b9c9b15c93b433d702d19c4 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ DLOG(if (stderr == NULL) {
     setbuf(stderr, NULL);
 })
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&runtime_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 6a85961af265f9562e5b3a9332407d2147e6762b..1cb6f4cb04fc3ba94218b5f3be10c1f6c3396f2b 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -682,7 +682,8 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *all_opts, BlockInterfaceType block_default_type)
     bs_opts = qdict_new();
     qemu_opts_to_qdict(all_opts, bs_opts);
 
-    legacy_opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&qemu_legacy_drive_opts);
+    legacy_opts = qemu_opts_create(&qemu_legacy_drive_opts, NULL, 0,
+                                   &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(legacy_opts, bs_opts, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
@@ -853,7 +854,8 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *all_opts, BlockInterfaceType block_default_type)
 
     if (type == IF_VIRTIO) {
         QemuOpts *devopts;
-        devopts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(qemu_find_opts("device"));
+        devopts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0,
+                                   &error_abort);
         if (arch_type == QEMU_ARCH_S390X) {
             qemu_opt_set(devopts, "driver", "virtio-blk-s390");
         } else {
diff --git a/hw/watchdog/watchdog.c b/hw/watchdog/watchdog.c
index 387962ec4a608b80c9cb9edc1ad4d2917c796ebf..f28161b2d6b3b505b9a820c6667c4468fccea104 100644
--- a/hw/watchdog/watchdog.c
+++ b/hw/watchdog/watchdog.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ int select_watchdog(const char *p)
     QLIST_FOREACH(model, &watchdog_list, entry) {
         if (strcasecmp(model->wdt_name, p) == 0) {
             /* add the device */
-            opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(qemu_find_opts("device"));
+            opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0,
+                                    &error_abort);
             qemu_opt_set(opts, "driver", p);
             return 0;
         }
diff --git a/include/qemu/option.h b/include/qemu/option.h
index 5c0c6dd294697b783198230ea4599c312891d1cb..3ea871a3ba071ab27e21fa4dfd7c115d2b2df0e9 100644
--- a/include/qemu/option.h
+++ b/include/qemu/option.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ int qemu_opt_foreach(QemuOpts *opts, qemu_opt_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_find(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id);
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_create(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id,
                            int fail_if_exists, Error **errp);
-QemuOpts *qemu_opts_create_nofail(QemuOptsList *list);
 void qemu_opts_reset(QemuOptsList *list);
 void qemu_opts_loc_restore(QemuOpts *opts);
 int qemu_opts_set(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id,
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index dc37a43dd96715380f5d1a2dcd40eb9279049dc9..62807718df6c4ada0c4d350ef04b3447eb6aa442 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ int qemu_global_option(const char *str)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&qemu_global_opts);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&qemu_global_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opt_set(opts, "driver", driver);
     qemu_opt_set(opts, "property", property);
     qemu_opt_set(opts, "value", str+offset+1);
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index a4b393117460da478cae6049df02952befbc4265..c989850ce7b849552f8f722ba2113467481ae35b 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ static int img_resize(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     /* Parse size */
-    param = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&resize_options);
+    param = qemu_opts_create(&resize_options, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     if (qemu_opt_set(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, size)) {
         /* Error message already printed when size parsing fails */
         ret = -1;
diff --git a/util/qemu-config.c b/util/qemu-config.c
index 04da942a2590c248f33f03a22c67b46a77884004..7973659518a89cef9af634641237e2ba0748e616 100644
--- a/util/qemu-config.c
+++ b/util/qemu-config.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ int qemu_config_parse(FILE *fp, QemuOptsList **lists, const char *fname)
                 error_free(local_err);
                 goto out;
             }
-            opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(list);
+            opts = qemu_opts_create(list, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
             continue;
         }
         if (sscanf(line, " %63s = \"%1023[^\"]\"", arg, value) == 2) {
diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index efcb5dcfcba753c0d07acd0f9b4f1a2fd7b73cff..668e5d919f7aa084356f556edc10a750bcb05641 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -791,15 +791,6 @@ QemuOpts *qemu_opts_create(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id,
     return opts;
 }
 
-QemuOpts *qemu_opts_create_nofail(QemuOptsList *list)
-{
-    QemuOpts *opts;
-    Error *errp = NULL;
-    opts = qemu_opts_create(list, NULL, 0, &errp);
-    assert_no_error(errp);
-    return opts;
-}
-
 void qemu_opts_reset(QemuOptsList *list)
 {
     QemuOpts *opts, *next_opts;
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 6b97dc11f98a7bf30bba0c535dff8c2a5948b828..8818d7c0de2382642762160d4fbcbf679f15e3b2 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ int inet_listen(const char *str, char *ostr, int olen,
 
     addr = inet_parse(str, errp);
     if (addr != NULL) {
-        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+        opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
         inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr);
         qapi_free_InetSocketAddress(addr);
         sock = inet_listen_opts(opts, port_offset, errp);
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ int inet_connect(const char *str, Error **errp)
 
     addr = inet_parse(str, errp);
     if (addr != NULL) {
-        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+        opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
         inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr);
         qapi_free_InetSocketAddress(addr);
         sock = inet_connect_opts(opts, errp, NULL, NULL);
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ int inet_nonblocking_connect(const char *str,
 
     addr = inet_parse(str, errp);
     if (addr != NULL) {
-        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+        opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
         inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr);
         qapi_free_InetSocketAddress(addr);
         sock = inet_connect_opts(opts, errp, callback, opaque);
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ int unix_listen(const char *str, char *ostr, int olen, Error **errp)
     char *path, *optstr;
     int sock, len;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
 
     optstr = strchr(str, ',');
     if (optstr) {
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ int unix_connect(const char *path, Error **errp)
     QemuOpts *opts;
     int sock;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opt_set(opts, "path", path);
     sock = unix_connect_opts(opts, errp, NULL, NULL);
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ int unix_nonblocking_connect(const char *path,
 
     g_assert(callback != NULL);
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opt_set(opts, "path", path);
     sock = unix_connect_opts(opts, errp, callback, opaque);
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ int socket_connect(SocketAddress *addr, Error **errp,
     QemuOpts *opts;
     int fd;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     switch (addr->kind) {
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET:
         inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr->inet);
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ int socket_listen(SocketAddress *addr, Error **errp)
     QemuOpts *opts;
     int fd;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     switch (addr->kind) {
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET:
         inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr->inet);
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ int socket_dgram(SocketAddress *remote, SocketAddress *local, Error **errp)
     QemuOpts *opts;
     int fd;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&socket_optslist);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     switch (remote->kind) {
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET:
         qemu_opt_set(opts, "host", remote->inet->host);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 2170a5e94ce2951f0aaf9b0af56c62dbcab41ef0..b14032a14261a2eaba712f5d29528cc0ae406d45 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ QemuOpts *qemu_get_machine_opts(void)
     assert(list);
     opts = qemu_opts_find(list, NULL);
     if (!opts) {
-        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(list);
+        opts = qemu_opts_create(list, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     }
     return opts;
 }
@@ -2255,7 +2255,8 @@ static int balloon_parse(const char *arg)
                 return  -1;
         } else {
             /* create empty opts */
-            opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(qemu_find_opts("device"));
+            opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0,
+                                    &error_abort);
         }
         qemu_opt_set(opts, "driver", "virtio-balloon");
         return 0;
@@ -2515,14 +2516,14 @@ static int virtcon_parse(const char *devname)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    bus_opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(device);
+    bus_opts = qemu_opts_create(device, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     if (arch_type == QEMU_ARCH_S390X) {
         qemu_opt_set(bus_opts, "driver", "virtio-serial-s390");
     } else {
         qemu_opt_set(bus_opts, "driver", "virtio-serial-pci");
     }
 
-    dev_opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(device);
+    dev_opts = qemu_opts_create(device, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opt_set(dev_opts, "driver", "virtconsole");
 
     snprintf(label, sizeof(label), "virtcon%d", index);
@@ -3382,7 +3383,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
                 qemu_opt_set_bool(fsdev, "readonly",
                                 qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0));
-                device = qemu_opts_create_nofail(qemu_find_opts("device"));
+                device = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0,
+                                          &error_abort);
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "driver", "virtio-9p-pci");
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "fsdev",
                              qemu_opt_get(opts, "mount_tag"));
@@ -3402,7 +3404,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 }
                 qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "fsdriver", "synth");
 
-                device = qemu_opts_create_nofail(qemu_find_opts("device"));
+                device = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0,
+                                          &error_abort);
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "driver", "virtio-9p-pci");
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "fsdev", "v_synth");
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "mount_tag", "v_synth");