diff --git a/hw/ppc/pnv.c b/hw/ppc/pnv.c
index 8be4d4cbf7..dfb4ea5742 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/pnv.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/pnv.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static void pnv_chip_power9_intc_create(PnvChip *chip, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
      * controller object is initialized afterwards. Hopefully, it's
      * only used at runtime.
      */
-    obj = xive_tctx_create(OBJECT(cpu), XIVE_ROUTER(&chip9->xive), errp);
+    obj = xive_tctx_create(OBJECT(cpu), XIVE_ROUTER(&chip9->xive), &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;