diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index d6bfec9996..98ddd2dcdc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -5640,11 +5640,6 @@ virQEMUCapsCacheLookup(virFileCachePtr cache,
     priv->microcodeVersion = virHostCPUGetMicrocodeVersion();
 
     ret = virFileCacheLookup(cache, binary);
-    if (!ret) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                       _("no capabilities available for %s"), binary);
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Returning caps %p for %s", ret, binary);
     return ret;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index c365d92ae0..7530edac53 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5306,10 +5306,8 @@ qemuDomainPostParseDataAlloc(const virDomainDef *def,
     virQEMUDriverPtr driver = opaque;
 
     if (!(*parseOpaque = virQEMUCapsCacheLookup(driver->qemuCapsCache,
-                                                def->emulator))) {
-        virResetLastError();
+                                                def->emulator)))
         return 1;
-    }
 
     return 0;
 }