diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 85958d7b09..6bb404b9c8 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -3288,6 +3288,7 @@ bool load_snapshot(const char *name, const char *vmstate,
     /* Don't even try to load empty VM states */
     ret = bdrv_snapshot_find(bs_vm_state, &sn, name);
     if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Snapshot can not be found");
         return false;
     } else if (sn.vm_state_size == 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "This is a disk-only snapshot. Revert to it "