1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index b4abb4b5ea..c436616446 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -613,28 +613,33 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 
     if (bus) {
         qdev_set_parent_bus(dev, bus);
+    } else if (qdev_hotplug && !qdev_get_machine_hotplug_handler(dev)) {
+        /* No bus, no machine hotplug handler --> device is not hotpluggable */
+        error_setg(&err, "Device '%s' can not be hotplugged on this machine",
+                   driver);
+        goto err_del_dev;
     }
 
     qdev_set_id(dev, qemu_opts_id(opts));
 
     /* set properties */
     if (qemu_opt_foreach(opts, set_property, dev, &err)) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-        object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
-        object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
-        return NULL;
+        goto err_del_dev;
     }
 
     dev->opts = opts;
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), true, "realized", &err);
     if (err != NULL) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
         dev->opts = NULL;
-        object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
-        object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
-        return NULL;
+        goto err_del_dev;
     }
     return dev;
+
+err_del_dev:
+    error_propagate(errp, err);
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
+    object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
+    return NULL;
 }