1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.c b/tests/libqtest.c
index d4e6bff121..6f6975248f 100644
--- a/tests/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/libqtest.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ void qtest_qmp_discard_response(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, ...)
     QDECREF(response);
 }
 
-void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event)
+QDict *qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event)
 {
     QDict *response;
 
@@ -541,13 +541,20 @@ void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event)
         response = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
         if ((qdict_haskey(response, "event")) &&
             (strcmp(qdict_get_str(response, "event"), event) == 0)) {
-            QDECREF(response);
-            break;
+            return response;
         }
         QDECREF(response);
     }
 }
 
+void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event)
+{
+    QDict *response;
+
+    response = qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(s, event);
+    QDECREF(response);
+}
+
 char *qtest_hmpv(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
     char *cmd;