diff --git a/backends/cryptodev-builtin.c b/backends/cryptodev-builtin.c
index a514bbb310..940104ee55 100644
--- a/backends/cryptodev-builtin.c
+++ b/backends/cryptodev-builtin.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "sysemu/cryptodev.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_crypto.h"
 #include "crypto/cipher.h"
@@ -396,8 +397,8 @@ static int cryptodev_builtin_create_session(
     case VIRTIO_CRYPTO_HASH_CREATE_SESSION:
     case VIRTIO_CRYPTO_MAC_CREATE_SESSION:
     default:
-        error_setg(&local_error, "Unsupported opcode :%" PRIu32 "",
-                   sess_info->op_code);
+        error_report("Unsupported opcode :%" PRIu32 "",
+                     sess_info->op_code);
         return -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP;
     }
 
@@ -554,8 +555,8 @@ static int cryptodev_builtin_operation(
 
     if (op_info->session_id >= MAX_NUM_SESSIONS ||
               builtin->sessions[op_info->session_id] == NULL) {
-        error_setg(&local_error, "Cannot find a valid session id: %" PRIu64 "",
-                   op_info->session_id);
+        error_report("Cannot find a valid session id: %" PRIu64 "",
+                     op_info->session_id);
         return -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_INVSESS;
     }