diff --git a/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c b/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
index a3d95ca012..ab2c4d44c4 100644
--- a/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
+++ b/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ vu_blk_get_config(VuDev *vu_dev, uint8_t *config, uint32_t len)
     VuServer *server = container_of(vu_dev, VuServer, vu_dev);
     VuBlkExport *vexp = container_of(server, VuBlkExport, vu_server);
 
-    g_return_val_if_fail(len <= sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config), -1);
+    if (len > sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     memcpy(config, &vexp->blkcfg, len);
     return 0;