diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container-base.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container-base.h
index b2813b0c117985425c842d91f011bb895955d738..f22fcb5a214be2717b42815371346401bb7fce51 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container-base.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container-base.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int vfio_container_add_section_window(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
 void vfio_container_del_section_window(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
                                        MemoryRegionSection *section);
 int vfio_container_set_dirty_page_tracking(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
-                                           bool start);
+                                           bool start, Error **errp);
 int vfio_container_query_dirty_bitmap(const VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
                                       VFIOBitmap *vbmap,
                                       hwaddr iova, hwaddr size);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct VFIOIOMMUClass {
     void (*detach_device)(VFIODevice *vbasedev);
     /* migration feature */
     int (*set_dirty_page_tracking)(const VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
-                                   bool start);
+                                   bool start, Error **errp);
     int (*query_dirty_bitmap)(const VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
                               VFIOBitmap *vbmap,
                               hwaddr iova, hwaddr size);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 45af5c675584e1931dfba3b4f78469cc4c00014e..03f2059d903eca335b02f633b07cd35ef3dd6237 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ static void vfio_listener_log_global_start(MemoryListener *listener,
     if (vfio_devices_all_device_dirty_tracking(bcontainer)) {
         ret = vfio_devices_dma_logging_start(bcontainer);
     } else {
-        ret = vfio_container_set_dirty_page_tracking(bcontainer, true);
+        ret = vfio_container_set_dirty_page_tracking(bcontainer, true, NULL);
     }
 
     if (ret) {
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ static void vfio_listener_log_global_stop(MemoryListener *listener,
     if (vfio_devices_all_device_dirty_tracking(bcontainer)) {
         vfio_devices_dma_logging_stop(bcontainer);
     } else {
-        ret = vfio_container_set_dirty_page_tracking(bcontainer, false);
+        ret = vfio_container_set_dirty_page_tracking(bcontainer, false, NULL);
     }
 
     if (ret) {
diff --git a/hw/vfio/container-base.c b/hw/vfio/container-base.c
index 913ae49077c4f09b7b27517c1231cfbe4befb7fb..7c0764121d24b02b6c4e66e368d7dff78a6d65aa 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/container-base.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/container-base.c
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ void vfio_container_del_section_window(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
 }
 
 int vfio_container_set_dirty_page_tracking(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
-                                           bool start)
+                                           bool start, Error **errp)
 {
     if (!bcontainer->dirty_pages_supported) {
         return 0;
     }
 
     g_assert(bcontainer->ops->set_dirty_page_tracking);
-    return bcontainer->ops->set_dirty_page_tracking(bcontainer, start);
+    return bcontainer->ops->set_dirty_page_tracking(bcontainer, start, errp);
 }
 
 int vfio_container_query_dirty_bitmap(const VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
diff --git a/hw/vfio/container.c b/hw/vfio/container.c
index bd25b9fbad2e717e63c2ab0e331186e5f63cef49..f772ac79b9c413c86d7e60f6dc4e6699852d5aac 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/container.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/container.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int vfio_legacy_dma_map(const VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer, hwaddr iova,
 
 static int
 vfio_legacy_set_dirty_page_tracking(const VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
-                                    bool start)
+                                    bool start, Error **errp)
 {
     const VFIOContainer *container = container_of(bcontainer, VFIOContainer,
                                                   bcontainer);
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ vfio_legacy_set_dirty_page_tracking(const VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
     ret = ioctl(container->fd, VFIO_IOMMU_DIRTY_PAGES, &dirty);
     if (ret) {
         ret = -errno;
-        error_report("Failed to set dirty tracking flag 0x%x errno: %d",
-                     dirty.flags, errno);
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to set dirty tracking flag 0x%x errno: %d",
+                   dirty.flags, errno);
     }
 
     return ret;
