diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c
index 72be531c95..0755722288 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ static void virtio_crypto_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     virtio_pci_force_virtio_1(vpci_dev);
-    qdev_realize(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus), errp);
+    if (!qdev_realize(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus), errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(vcrypto),
                  OBJECT(vcrypto->vdev.conf.cryptodev), "cryptodev",
                  NULL);