diff --git a/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c b/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
index c9ee80eaae..30d50c2369 100644
--- a/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
+++ b/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
@@ -582,10 +582,10 @@ static void kvm_s390_flic_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     struct kvm_create_device cd = {0};
     struct kvm_device_attr test_attr = {0};
     int ret;
-    Error *errp_local = NULL;
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
-    KVM_S390_FLIC_GET_CLASS(dev)->parent_realize(dev, &errp_local);
-    if (errp_local) {
+    KVM_S390_FLIC_GET_CLASS(dev)->parent_realize(dev, &err);
+    if (err) {
         goto fail;
     }
     flic_state->fd = -1;
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static void kvm_s390_flic_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     cd.type = KVM_DEV_TYPE_FLIC;
     ret = kvm_vm_ioctl(kvm_state, KVM_CREATE_DEVICE, &cd);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        error_setg_errno(&errp_local, errno, "Creating the KVM device failed");
+        error_setg_errno(&err, errno, "Creating the KVM device failed");
         trace_flic_create_device(errno);
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static void kvm_s390_flic_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                                             KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR, test_attr);
     return;
 fail:
-    error_propagate(errp, errp_local);
+    error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
 
 static void kvm_s390_flic_reset(DeviceState *dev)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
index f6fbcf99ed..723373de73 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
@@ -2042,13 +2042,13 @@ void spapr_phb_dma_reset(SpaprPhbState *sphb)
 static void spapr_phb_reset(DeviceState *qdev)
 {
     SpaprPhbState *sphb = SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(qdev);
-    Error *errp = NULL;
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
     spapr_phb_dma_reset(sphb);
     spapr_phb_nvgpu_free(sphb);
-    spapr_phb_nvgpu_setup(sphb, &errp);
-    if (errp) {
-        error_report_err(errp);
+    spapr_phb_nvgpu_setup(sphb, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_report_err(err);
     }
 
     /* Reset the IOMMU state */
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ int spapr_dt_phb(SpaprMachineState *spapr, SpaprPhbState *phb,
                                 cpu_to_be32(phb->numa_node)};
     SpaprTceTable *tcet;
     SpaprDrc *drc;
-    Error *errp = NULL;
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
     /* Start populating the FDT */
     _FDT(bus_off = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, phb->dtbusname));
@@ -2408,9 +2408,9 @@ int spapr_dt_phb(SpaprMachineState *spapr, SpaprPhbState *phb,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    spapr_phb_nvgpu_populate_dt(phb, fdt, bus_off, &errp);
-    if (errp) {
-        error_report_err(errp);
+    spapr_phb_nvgpu_populate_dt(phb, fdt, bus_off, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_report_err(err);
     }
     spapr_phb_nvgpu_ram_populate_dt(phb, fdt);
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_nvlink2.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_nvlink2.c
index 4aa89ede23..8332d5694e 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_nvlink2.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_nvlink2.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct SpaprPhbPciNvGpuConfig {
     uint64_t nv2_atsd_current;
     int num; /* number of non empty (i.e. tgt!=0) entries in slots[] */
     SpaprPhbPciNvGpuSlot slots[NVGPU_MAX_NUM];
-    Error *errp;
+    Error *err;
 };
 
 static SpaprPhbPciNvGpuSlot *
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void spapr_phb_pci_collect_nvgpu(PCIBus *bus, PCIDevice *pdev,
             spapr_pci_collect_nvnpu(nvgpus, pdev, tgt, MEMORY_REGION(mr_npu),
                                     &local_err);
         }
-        error_propagate(&nvgpus->errp, local_err);
+        error_propagate(&nvgpus->err, local_err);
     }
     if ((pci_default_read_config(pdev, PCI_HEADER_TYPE, 1) !=
          PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE)) {
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ void spapr_phb_nvgpu_setup(SpaprPhbState *sphb, Error **errp)
     pci_for_each_device(bus, pci_bus_num(bus),
                         spapr_phb_pci_collect_nvgpu, sphb->nvgpus);
 
-    if (sphb->nvgpus->errp) {
-        error_propagate(errp, sphb->nvgpus->errp);
-        sphb->nvgpus->errp = NULL;
+    if (sphb->nvgpus->err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, sphb->nvgpus->err);
+        sphb->nvgpus->err = NULL;
         goto cleanup_exit;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test-blockjob.c b/tests/test-blockjob.c
index 7844c9ffcb..e670a20617 100644
--- a/tests/test-blockjob.c
+++ b/tests/test-blockjob.c
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ static BlockJob *mk_job(BlockBackend *blk, const char *id,
                         int flags)
 {
     BlockJob *job;
-    Error *errp = NULL;
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
     job = block_job_create(id, drv, NULL, blk_bs(blk),
                            0, BLK_PERM_ALL, 0, flags, block_job_cb,
-                           NULL, &errp);
+                           NULL, &err);
     if (should_succeed) {
-        g_assert_null(errp);
+        g_assert_null(err);
         g_assert_nonnull(job);
         if (id) {
             g_assert_cmpstr(job->job.id, ==, id);
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ static BlockJob *mk_job(BlockBackend *blk, const char *id,
             g_assert_cmpstr(job->job.id, ==, blk_name(blk));
         }
     } else {
-        g_assert_nonnull(errp);
+        g_assert_nonnull(err);
         g_assert_null(job);
-        error_free(errp);
+        error_free(err);
     }
 
     return job;
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ static BlockBackend *create_blk(const char *name)
     bdrv_unref(bs);
 
     if (name) {
-        Error *errp = NULL;
-        monitor_add_blk(blk, name, &errp);
-        g_assert_null(errp);
+        Error *err = NULL;
+        monitor_add_blk(blk, name, &err);
+        g_assert_null(err);
     }
 
     return blk;