diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 426710786b..b781557ce6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -1813,7 +1813,8 @@ qemuDomainAddTLSObjects(virQEMUDriver *driver,
         qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, tlsProps, NULL) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    return qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm);
+    qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm);
+    return 0;
 
  error:
     virErrorPreserveLast(&orig_err);