diff --git a/qemu-option.c b/qemu-option.c
index 1f8f41a..ccea267 100644
--- a/qemu-option.c
+++ b/qemu-option.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ QemuOpts *qemu_opts_create(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id, int fail_if_exist
 
     if (id) {
         if (!id_wellformed(id)) {
-            qerror_report(QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "id", "an identifier");
+            qerror_report(QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, id, "an identifier");
             error_printf_unless_qmp("Identifiers consist of letters, digits, '-', '.', '_', starting with a letter.\n");
             return NULL;
         }