diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index b45e90edb2..00c968f4f5 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ static void get_chr(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name, void *opaque,
 static void set_chr(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name, void *opaque,
                     Error **errp)
 {
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     Property *prop = opaque;
     CharBackend *be = object_field_prop_ptr(obj, prop);
     Chardev *s;