1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/watchdog/watchdog.c b/hw/watchdog/watchdog.c
index 387962ec4a..f28161b2d6 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;
         }