diff --git a/qemu/include/qapi/error.h b/qemu/include/qapi/error.h
index 28613823..53578443 100644
--- a/qemu/include/qapi/error.h
+++ b/qemu/include/qapi/error.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
  * Call a function aborting on errors:
  *     foo(arg, &error_abort);
  *
+ * Call a function treating errors as fatal:
+ *     foo(arg, &error_fatal);
+ *
  * Receive an error and pass it on to the caller:
  *     Error *err = NULL;
  *     foo(arg, &err);
@@ -241,4 +244,10 @@ void error_set_internal(Error **errp,
  */
 extern Error *error_abort;
 
+/*
+ * Special error destination to exit(1) on error.
+ * See error_setg() and error_propagate() for details.
+ */
+extern Error *error_fatal;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/qemu/util/error.c b/qemu/util/error.c
index 3c24d94d..a4d7a083 100644
--- a/qemu/util/error.c
+++ b/qemu/util/error.c
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
  * QEMU Error Objects
  *
  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * Authors:
  *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
  *
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.  See
  * the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
@@ -23,14 +25,23 @@ struct Error
 };
 
 Error *error_abort;
+Error *error_fatal;
 
-static void error_do_abort(Error *err)
+static void error_handle_fatal(Error **errp, Error *err)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected error in %s() at %s:%d:\n",
-            err->func, err->src, err->line);
-    // UNICORN: Commented out
-    // error_report_err(err);
-    // abort();
+    if (errp == &error_abort) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected error in %s() at %s:%d:\n",
+                err->func, err->src, err->line);
+
+        // Unicorn: commented out
+        //error_report_err(err);
+        //abort();
+    }
+    if (errp == &error_fatal) {
+        // Unicorn: commented out
+        //error_report_err(err);
+        //exit(1);
+    }
 }
 
 static void error_setv(Error **errp,
@@ -53,10 +64,7 @@ static void error_setv(Error **errp,
     err->line = line;
     err->func = func;
 
-    if (errp == &error_abort) {
-        error_do_abort(err);
-    }
-
+    error_handle_fatal(errp, err);
     *errp = err;
 
     errno = saved_errno;
@@ -151,11 +159,13 @@ void error_free(Error *err)
 
 void error_propagate(Error **dst_errp, Error *local_err)
 {
-    if (local_err && dst_errp == &error_abort) {
-        error_do_abort(local_err);
-    } else if (dst_errp && !*dst_errp) {
+    if (!local_err) {
+        return;
+    }
+    error_handle_fatal(dst_errp, local_err);
+    if (dst_errp && !*dst_errp) {
         *dst_errp = local_err;
-    } else if (local_err) {
+    } else {
         error_free(local_err);
     }
 }