diff --git a/qemu-sockets.c b/qemu-sockets.c
index 668fa93..c636882 100644
--- a/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -181,9 +181,7 @@ int inet_listen_opts(QemuOpts *opts, int port_offset, Error **errp)
                 fprintf(stderr,"%s: bind(%s,%s,%d): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
                         inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), uaddr, inet_getport(e),
                         strerror(errno));
-                if (!e->ai_next) {
-                    error_set(errp, QERR_SOCKET_BIND_FAILED);
-                }
+                error_set(errp, QERR_SOCKET_BIND_FAILED);
             }
         }
         closesocket(slisten);