diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 5d56e31..a98ad23 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int vmdk_init_tables(BlockDriverState *bs, VmdkExtent *extent)
 
 static int vmdk_open_vmfs_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                  BlockDriverState *file,
-                                 int flags)
+                                 int flags, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret;
     uint32_t magic;
@@ -514,11 +514,11 @@ static int vmdk_open_vmfs_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs,
 }
 
 static int vmdk_open_desc_file(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags,
-                               uint64_t desc_offset);
+                               uint64_t desc_offset, Error **errp);
 
 static int vmdk_open_vmdk4(BlockDriverState *bs,
                            BlockDriverState *file,
-                           int flags)
+                           int flags, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret;
     uint32_t magic;
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int vmdk_open_vmdk4(BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (header.capacity == 0) {
         uint64_t desc_offset = le64_to_cpu(header.desc_offset);
         if (desc_offset) {
-            return vmdk_open_desc_file(bs, flags, desc_offset << 9);
+            return vmdk_open_desc_file(bs, flags, desc_offset << 9, errp);
         }
     }
 
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int vmdk_parse_description(const char *desc, const char *opt_name,
 /* Open an extent file and append to bs array */
 static int vmdk_open_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs,
                             BlockDriverState *file,
-                            int flags)
+                            int flags, Error **errp)
 {
     uint32_t magic;
 
@@ -674,10 +674,10 @@ static int vmdk_open_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs,
     magic = be32_to_cpu(magic);
     switch (magic) {
         case VMDK3_MAGIC:
-            return vmdk_open_vmfs_sparse(bs, file, flags);
+            return vmdk_open_vmfs_sparse(bs, file, flags, errp);
             break;
         case VMDK4_MAGIC:
-            return vmdk_open_vmdk4(bs, file, flags);
+            return vmdk_open_vmdk4(bs, file, flags, errp);
             break;
         default:
             return -EMEDIUMTYPE;
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static int vmdk_open_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs,
 }
 
 static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
-        const char *desc_file_path)
+                              const char *desc_file_path, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret;
     char access[11];
@@ -748,13 +748,13 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
             extent->flat_start_offset = flat_offset << 9;
         } else if (!strcmp(type, "SPARSE") || !strcmp(type, "VMFSSPARSE")) {
             /* SPARSE extent and VMFSSPARSE extent are both "COWD" sparse file*/
-            ret = vmdk_open_sparse(bs, extent_file, bs->open_flags);
+            ret = vmdk_open_sparse(bs, extent_file, bs->open_flags, errp);
             if (ret) {
                 bdrv_unref(extent_file);
                 return ret;
             }
         } else {
-            fprintf(stderr,
+            error_setg(errp,
                 "VMDK: Not supported extent type \"%s\""".\n", type);
             return -ENOTSUP;
         }
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ next_line:
 }
 
 static int vmdk_open_desc_file(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags,
-                               uint64_t desc_offset)
+                               uint64_t desc_offset, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret;
     char *buf = NULL;
@@ -798,13 +798,13 @@ static int vmdk_open_desc_file(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags,
         strcmp(ct, "vmfsSparse") &&
         strcmp(ct, "twoGbMaxExtentSparse") &&
         strcmp(ct, "twoGbMaxExtentFlat")) {
-        fprintf(stderr,
+        error_setg(errp,
                 "VMDK: Not supported image type \"%s\""".\n", ct);
         ret = -ENOTSUP;
         goto exit;
     }
     s->desc_offset = 0;
-    ret = vmdk_parse_extents(buf, bs, bs->file->filename);
+    ret = vmdk_parse_extents(buf, bs, bs->file->filename, errp);
 exit:
     g_free(buf);
     return ret;
@@ -816,10 +816,10 @@ static int vmdk_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     int ret;
     BDRVVmdkState *s = bs->opaque;
 
-    if (vmdk_open_sparse(bs, bs->file, flags) == 0) {
+    if (vmdk_open_sparse(bs, bs->file, flags, errp) == 0) {
         s->desc_offset = 0x200;
     } else {
-        ret = vmdk_open_desc_file(bs, flags, 0);
+        ret = vmdk_open_desc_file(bs, flags, 0, errp);
         if (ret) {
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -1517,12 +1517,12 @@ static int vmdk_create_extent(const char *filename, int64_t filesize,
 }
 
 static int filename_decompose(const char *filename, char *path, char *prefix,
-        char *postfix, size_t buf_len)
+                              char *postfix, size_t buf_len, Error **errp)
 {
     const char *p, *q;
 
     if (filename == NULL || !strlen(filename)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Vmdk: no filename provided.\n");
+        error_setg(errp, "Vmdk: no filename provided");
         return VMDK_ERROR;
     }
     p = strrchr(filename, '/');
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
         "ddb.adapterType = \"%s\"\n";
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    if (filename_decompose(filename, path, prefix, postfix, PATH_MAX)) {
+    if (filename_decompose(filename, path, prefix, postfix, PATH_MAX, errp)) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
     /* Read out options */
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
                strcmp(adapter_type, "buslogic") &&
                strcmp(adapter_type, "lsilogic") &&
                strcmp(adapter_type, "legacyESX")) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "VMDK: Unknown adapter type: '%s'.\n", adapter_type);
+        error_setg(errp, "VMDK: Unknown adapter type: '%s'", adapter_type);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
     if (strcmp(adapter_type, "ide") != 0) {
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
                strcmp(fmt, "twoGbMaxExtentSparse") &&
                strcmp(fmt, "twoGbMaxExtentFlat") &&
                strcmp(fmt, "streamOptimized")) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "VMDK: Unknown subformat: %s\n", fmt);
+        error_setg(errp, "VMDK: Unknown subformat: %s", fmt);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
     split = !(strcmp(fmt, "twoGbMaxExtentFlat") &&
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
         desc_extent_line = "RW %lld SPARSE \"%s\"\n";
     }
     if (flat && backing_file) {
-        /* not supporting backing file for flat image */
+        error_setg(errp, "flat image can't have backing file");
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
     if (backing_file) {
