1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index ead4c633fb..5aff7aebb0 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3712,12 +3712,12 @@ static QDict *qmp_check_input_obj(QObject *input_obj, Error **errp)
     int has_exec_key = 0;
     QDict *input_dict;
 
-    if (qobject_type(input_obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
+    input_dict = qobject_to_qdict(input_obj);
+    if (!input_dict) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT, "object");
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    input_dict = qobject_to_qdict(input_obj);
 
     for (ent = qdict_first(input_dict); ent; ent = qdict_next(input_dict, ent)){
         const char *arg_name = qdict_entry_key(ent);
@@ -3761,10 +3761,11 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
     Error *err = NULL;
 
     req = json_parser_parse_err(tokens, NULL, &err);
-    if (err || !req || qobject_type(req) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
-        if (!err) {
-            error_setg(&err, QERR_JSON_PARSING);
-        }
+    if (!req && !err) {
+        /* json_parser_parse_err() sucks: can fail without setting @err */
+        error_setg(&err, QERR_JSON_PARSING);
+    }
+    if (err) {
         goto err_out;
     }