diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 002972ad17..101b50c6c2 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -3897,15 +3897,20 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_node(const char *node_name)
 }
 
 /* Put this QMP function here so it can access the static graph_bdrv_states. */
-BlockDeviceInfoList *bdrv_named_nodes_list(void)
+BlockDeviceInfoList *bdrv_named_nodes_list(Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDeviceInfoList *list, *entry;
     BlockDriverState *bs;
 
     list = NULL;
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(bs, &graph_bdrv_states, node_list) {
+        BlockDeviceInfo *info = bdrv_block_device_info(bs, errp);
+        if (!info) {
+            qapi_free_BlockDeviceInfoList(list);
+            return NULL;
+        }
         entry = g_malloc0(sizeof(*entry));
-        entry->value = bdrv_block_device_info(bs);
+        entry->value = info;
         entry->next = list;
         list = entry;
     }
diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index 8a19aed446..063dd1bc1f 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/types.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 
-BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockDriverState *bs)
+BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 {
+    ImageInfo **p_image_info;
+    BlockDriverState *bs0;
     BlockDeviceInfo *info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
 
     info->file                   = g_strdup(bs->filename);
@@ -92,6 +94,25 @@ BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockDriverState *bs)
 
     info->write_threshold = bdrv_write_threshold_get(bs);
 
+    bs0 = bs;
+    p_image_info = &info->image;
+    while (1) {
+        Error *local_err = NULL;
+        bdrv_query_image_info(bs0, p_image_info, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+            qapi_free_BlockDeviceInfo(info);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if (bs0->drv && bs0->backing_hd) {
+            bs0 = bs0->backing_hd;
+            (*p_image_info)->has_backing_image = true;
+            p_image_info = &((*p_image_info)->backing_image);
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
     return info;
 }
 
@@ -264,9 +285,6 @@ static void bdrv_query_info(BlockBackend *blk, BlockInfo **p_info,
 {
     BlockInfo *info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
     BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(blk);
-    BlockDriverState *bs0;
-    ImageInfo **p_image_info;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     info->device = g_strdup(blk_name(blk));
     info->type = g_strdup("unknown");
     info->locked = blk_dev_is_medium_locked(blk);
@@ -289,23 +307,9 @@ static void bdrv_query_info(BlockBackend *blk, BlockInfo **p_info,
 
     if (bs->drv) {
         info->has_inserted = true;
-        info->inserted = bdrv_block_device_info(bs);
-
-        bs0 = bs;
-        p_image_info = &info->inserted->image;
-        while (1) {
-            bdrv_query_image_info(bs0, p_image_info, &local_err);
-            if (local_err) {
-                error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-                goto err;
-            }
-            if (bs0->drv && bs0->backing_hd) {
-                bs0 = bs0->backing_hd;
-                (*p_image_info)->has_backing_image = true;
-                p_image_info = &((*p_image_info)->backing_image);
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
+        info->inserted = bdrv_block_device_info(bs, errp);
+        if (info->inserted == NULL) {
+            goto err;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index e67c701879..a136b2ed47 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -2392,7 +2392,7 @@ out:
 
 BlockDeviceInfoList *qmp_query_named_block_nodes(Error **errp)
 {
-    return bdrv_named_nodes_list();
+    return bdrv_named_nodes_list(errp);
 }
 
 void qmp_blockdev_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index b285e0d659..d79714a85d 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ void bdrv_lock_medium(BlockDriverState *bs, bool locked);
 void bdrv_eject(BlockDriverState *bs, bool eject_flag);
 const char *bdrv_get_format_name(BlockDriverState *bs);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_node(const char *node_name);
-BlockDeviceInfoList *bdrv_named_nodes_list(void);
+BlockDeviceInfoList *bdrv_named_nodes_list(Error **errp);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_lookup_bs(const char *device,
                                  const char *node_name,
                                  Error **errp);
diff --git a/include/block/qapi.h b/include/block/qapi.h
index 168d788521..327549d917 100644
--- a/include/block/qapi.h
+++ b/include/block/qapi.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "block/block.h"
 #include "block/snapshot.h"
 
-BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockDriverState *bs);
+BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
 int bdrv_query_snapshot_info_list(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                   SnapshotInfoList **p_list,
                                   Error **errp);