diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index 0cc9f3a95d..e784a67631 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ void qmp_object_add(const char *type, const char *id,
         }
     }
 
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(props, false);
+    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(props, true);
     obj = user_creatable_add_type(type, id, pdict,
                                   qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), errp);
     qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
diff --git a/qom/qom-qobject.c b/qom/qom-qobject.c
index 451fed62ca..b66088d730 100644
--- a/qom/qom-qobject.c
+++ b/qom/qom-qobject.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void object_property_set_qobject(Object *obj, QObject *value,
                                  const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
     QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+    /* TODO: Should we reject, rather than ignore, excess input? */
     qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(value, false);
     object_property_set(obj, qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), name, errp);
 
diff --git a/replay/replay-input.c b/replay/replay-input.c
index 8e8536acf6..03e99d5aba 100644
--- a/replay/replay-input.c
+++ b/replay/replay-input.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static InputEvent *qapi_clone_InputEvent(InputEvent *src)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, false);
+    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
     iv = qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv);
     visit_type_InputEvent(iv, NULL, &dst, &error_abort);
     qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
index a8d37c449f..597fb44fc8 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void test_dealloc_partial(void)
         ud2_dict = qdict_new();
         qdict_put_obj(ud2_dict, "string0", QOBJECT(qstring_from_str(text)));
 
-        qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(ud2_dict), false);
+        qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(ud2_dict), true);
         visit_type_UserDefTwo(qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), NULL, &ud2, &err);
         qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
         QDECREF(ud2_dict);
diff --git a/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c b/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
index 2caac2bf62..7b14b5a7af 100644
--- a/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
+++ b/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static void qmp_deserialize(void **native_out, void *datap,
     obj = qobject_from_json(qstring_get_str(output_json));
 
     QDECREF(output_json);
-    d->qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, false);
+    d->qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
     qobject_decref(obj_orig);
     qobject_decref(obj);
     visit(qmp_input_get_visitor(d->qiv), native_out, errp);
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index aab5344cd4..2a2c5243a1 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ void qapi_copy_SocketAddress(SocketAddress **p_dest,
         return;
     }
 
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, false);
+    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
     iv = qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv);
     visit_type_SocketAddress(iv, NULL, p_dest, &error_abort);
     qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);