diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index ebbb515..28ea19a 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -5653,7 +5653,10 @@
 
     /* Parse -o options */
     if (options) {
-        if (qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
+        qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_report_err(local_err);
+            local_err = NULL;
             error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'", fmt);
             goto out;
         }