diff --git a/hw/audio/lm4549.c b/hw/audio/lm4549.c
index 32b1481b56..418041bc9c 100644
--- a/hw/audio/lm4549.c
+++ b/hw/audio/lm4549.c
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ static int lm4549_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void lm4549_init(lm4549_state *s, lm4549_callback data_req_cb, void* opaque)
+void lm4549_init(lm4549_state *s, lm4549_callback data_req_cb, void* opaque,
+                 Error **errp)
 {
     struct audsettings as;
 
diff --git a/hw/audio/lm4549.h b/hw/audio/lm4549.h
index aba9bb5b07..61c3ab12dd 100644
--- a/hw/audio/lm4549.h
+++ b/hw/audio/lm4549.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ typedef struct {
 extern const VMStateDescription vmstate_lm4549_state;
 
 
-void lm4549_init(lm4549_state *s, lm4549_callback data_req, void *opaque);
+void lm4549_init(lm4549_state *s, lm4549_callback data_req, void *opaque,
+                 Error **errp);
 uint32_t lm4549_read(lm4549_state *s, hwaddr offset);
 void lm4549_write(lm4549_state *s, hwaddr offset, uint32_t value);
 uint32_t lm4549_write_samples(lm4549_state *s, uint32_t left, uint32_t right);
diff --git a/hw/audio/pl041.c b/hw/audio/pl041.c
index 03acd4fe34..868dffbfd3 100644
--- a/hw/audio/pl041.c
+++ b/hw/audio/pl041.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void pl041_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     /* Init the codec */
-    lm4549_init(&s->codec, &pl041_request_data, (void *)s);
+    lm4549_init(&s->codec, &pl041_request_data, (void *)s, errp);
 }
 
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_pl041_regfile = {