diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index a24a152..c558cc7 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -4239,9 +4239,6 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
     if (!obj) {
         qerror_report(QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT, "execute");
         goto err_input;
-    } else if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QSTRING) {
-        qerror_report(QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT_MEMBER, "execute", "string");
-        goto err_input;
     }
 
     cmd_name = qstring_get_str(qobject_to_qstring(obj));
@@ -4273,9 +4270,6 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
     obj = qdict_get(input, "arguments");
     if (!obj) {
         args = qdict_new();
-    } else if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
-        qerror_report(QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT_MEMBER, "arguments", "object");
-        goto err_input;
     } else {
         args = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
         QINCREF(args);