diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 1f65294bf4..60eec7c31f 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ static void save_section_footer(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se)
 static int vmstate_save(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se, JSONWriter *vmdesc)
 {
     int ret;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
 
     if ((!se->ops || !se->ops->save_state) && !se->vmsd) {
         return 0;
@@ -1002,6 +1004,8 @@ static int vmstate_save(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se, JSONWriter *vmdesc)
     } else {
         ret = vmstate_save_state_with_err(f, se->vmsd, se->opaque, vmdesc, &local_err);
         if (ret) {
+            migrate_set_error(s, local_err);
+            error_report_err(local_err);
             return ret;
         }
     }
@@ -1068,10 +1072,14 @@ void qemu_savevm_send_open_return_path(QEMUFile *f)
 int qemu_savevm_send_packaged(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t len)
 {
     uint32_t tmp;
+    MigrationState *ms = migrate_get_current();
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (len > MAX_VM_CMD_PACKAGED_SIZE) {
-        error_report("%s: Unreasonably large packaged state: %zu",
+        error_setg(&local_err, "%s: Unreasonably large packaged state: %zu",
                      __func__, len);
+        migrate_set_error(ms, local_err);
+        error_report_err(local_err);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1499,8 +1507,11 @@ int qemu_savevm_state_complete_precopy_non_iterable(QEMUFile *f,
          * bdrv_activate_all() on the other end won't fail. */
         ret = bdrv_inactivate_all();
         if (ret) {
-            error_report("%s: bdrv_inactivate_all() failed (%d)",
-                         __func__, ret);
+            Error *local_err = NULL;
+            error_setg(&local_err, "%s: bdrv_inactivate_all() failed (%d)",
+                       __func__, ret);
+            migrate_set_error(ms, local_err);
+            error_report_err(local_err);
             qemu_file_set_error(f, ret);
             return ret;
         }
diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c
index dd9c76dbeb..4cde30bf2d 100644
--- a/migration/vmstate.c
+++ b/migration/vmstate.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "migration.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-writer.h"
 #include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ int vmstate_save_state_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
         ret = vmsd->pre_save(opaque);
         trace_vmstate_save_state_pre_save_res(vmsd->name, ret);
         if (ret) {
-            error_report("pre-save failed: %s", vmsd->name);
+            error_setg(errp, "pre-save failed: %s", vmsd->name);
             return ret;
         }
     }
@@ -389,8 +390,8 @@ int vmstate_save_state_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                                      vmdesc_loop);
                 }
                 if (ret) {
-                    error_report("Save of field %s/%s failed",
-                                 vmsd->name, field->name);
+                    error_setg(errp, "Save of field %s/%s failed",
+                                vmsd->name, field->name);
                     if (vmsd->post_save) {
                         vmsd->post_save(opaque);
                     }