diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
index 34229b45c7..93f7371a56 100644
--- a/hw/i386/x86.c
+++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
@@ -118,14 +118,16 @@ uint32_t x86_cpu_apic_id_from_index(X86MachineState *x86ms,
 
 void x86_cpu_new(X86MachineState *x86ms, int64_t apic_id, Error **errp)
 {
-    Object *cpu = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-    cpu = object_new(MACHINE(x86ms)->cpu_type);
+    Object *cpu = object_new(MACHINE(x86ms)->cpu_type);
 
     object_property_set_uint(cpu, apic_id, "apic-id", &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        goto out;
+    }
     qdev_realize(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, &local_err);
 
+out:
     object_unref(cpu);
     error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }