diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index de94a8b..a88ea76 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int drive_index_to_unit_id(BlockInterfaceType type, int index)
 
 QemuOpts *drive_def(const char *optstr)
 {
-    return qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("drive"), optstr, 0);
+    return qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("drive"), optstr, false);
 }
 
 QemuOpts *drive_add(BlockInterfaceType type, int index, const char *file,
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 1e7cac0..05e4927 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ void hmp_chardev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     Error *err = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("chardev"), args, 1);
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("chardev"), args, true);
     if (opts == NULL) {
         error_setg(&err, "Parsing chardev args failed");
     } else {
diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-network.c b/hw/usb/dev-network.c
index 743c231..5eeb4c6 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-network.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-network.c
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ static USBDevice *usb_net_init(USBBus *bus, const char *cmdline)
     QemuOpts *opts;
     int idx;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("net"), cmdline, 0);
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("net"), cmdline, false);
     if (!opts) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/include/qemu/option.h b/include/qemu/option.h
index ac0e43b..57e51c9 100644
--- a/include/qemu/option.h
+++ b/include/qemu/option.h
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ void qemu_opts_del(QemuOpts *opts);
 void qemu_opts_validate(QemuOpts *opts, const QemuOptDesc *desc, Error **errp);
 void qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
                         const char *firstname, Error **errp);
-QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params, int permit_abbrev);
+QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse_noisily(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
+                                  bool permit_abbrev);
+QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
+                          bool permit_abbrev, Error **errp);
 void qemu_opts_set_defaults(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
                             int permit_abbrev);
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict,
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index de92523..9ad6c17 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ char *vnc_display_local_addr(const char *id);
 #ifdef CONFIG_VNC
 int vnc_display_password(const char *id, const char *password);
 int vnc_display_pw_expire(const char *id, time_t expires);
-QemuOpts *vnc_parse_func(const char *str);
+QemuOpts *vnc_parse(const char *str, Error **errp);
 int vnc_init_func(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
 #else
 static inline int vnc_display_password(const char *id, const char *password)
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 6a46424..627f5d4 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3753,7 +3753,7 @@ static const mon_cmd_t *monitor_parse_command(Monitor *mon,
                 if (get_str(buf, sizeof(buf), &p) < 0) {
                     goto fail;
                 }
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(opts_list, buf, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(opts_list, buf, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     goto fail;
                 }
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 25c2ef3..429012f 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,8 @@ void hmp_host_net_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         return;
     }
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("net"), opts_str ? opts_str : "", 0);
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("net"),
+                                   opts_str ? opts_str : "", false);
     if (!opts) {
         return;
     }
@@ -1394,7 +1395,7 @@ int net_client_parse(QemuOptsList *opts_list, const char *optarg)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (!qemu_opts_parse(opts_list, optarg, 1)) {
+    if (!qemu_opts_parse_noisily(opts_list, optarg, true)) {
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index 686c9df..e1dd367 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ int qemu_global_option(const char *str)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(&qemu_global_opts, str, false);
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&qemu_global_opts, str, false);
     if (!opts) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 60c820d..ea964fe 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -1590,7 +1590,8 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
             break;
         case 'l':
             if (strstart(optarg, SNAPSHOT_OPT_BASE, NULL)) {
-                sn_opts = qemu_opts_parse(&internal_snapshot_opts, optarg, 0);
+                sn_opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&internal_snapshot_opts,
+                                                  optarg, false);
                 if (!sn_opts) {
                     error_report("Failed in parsing snapshot param '%s'",
                                  optarg);
diff --git a/qemu-io.c b/qemu-io.c
index 9bc83c6..c24f6be 100644
--- a/qemu-io.c
+++ b/qemu-io.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int open_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
             readonly = 1;
             break;
         case 'o':
-            if (!qemu_opts_parse(&empty_opts, optarg, 0)) {
+            if (!qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&empty_opts, optarg, false)) {
                 printf("could not parse option list -- %s\n", optarg);
                 qemu_opts_reset(&empty_opts);
                 return 0;
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 5af6d11..7a4bf1b 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -549,7 +549,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             break;
         case 'l':
             if (strstart(optarg, SNAPSHOT_OPT_BASE, NULL)) {
-                sn_opts = qemu_opts_parse(&internal_snapshot_opts, optarg, 0);
+                sn_opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&internal_snapshot_opts,
+                                                  optarg, false);
                 if (!sn_opts) {
                     errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed in parsing snapshot param `%s'",
                          optarg);
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index 3f5dfe3..60658b4 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static void qmp_change_vnc_listen(const char *target, Error **errp)
     if (opts) {
         qemu_opts_del(opts);
     }
-    opts = vnc_parse_func(target);
+    opts = vnc_parse(target, errp);
     if (!opts) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/tests/test-opts-visitor.c b/tests/test-opts-visitor.c
index ebeee5d..1c753d9 100644
--- a/tests/test-opts-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-opts-visitor.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ setup_fixture(OptsVisitorFixture *f, gconstpointer test_data)
     QemuOpts *opts;
     OptsVisitor *ov;
 
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("userdef"), opts_string, 0);
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("userdef"), opts_string, false,
+                           NULL);
     g_assert(opts != NULL);
 
     ov = opts_visitor_new(opts);
diff --git a/tests/test-qemu-opts.c b/tests/test-qemu-opts.c
index da56492..0c1136d 100644
--- a/tests/test-qemu-opts.c
+++ b/tests/test-qemu-opts.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static void test_qemu_opt_unset(void)
     int ret;
 
     /* dynamically initialized (parsed) opts */
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(&opts_list_03, "key=value", 0);
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse(&opts_list_03, "key=value", false, NULL);
     g_assert(opts != NULL);
 
     /* check default/parsed value */
diff --git a/tpm.c b/tpm.c
index a3f3b7f..b8b0664 100644
--- a/tpm.c
+++ b/tpm.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ int tpm_config_parse(QemuOptsList *opts_list, const char *optarg)
         tpm_display_backend_drivers();
         return -1;
     }
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(opts_list, optarg, 1);
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(opts_list, optarg, true);
     if (!opts) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index 69b605c..7f0ce7a 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -3749,10 +3749,10 @@ static void vnc_auto_assign_id(QemuOptsList *olist, QemuOpts *opts)
     qemu_opts_set_id(opts, id);
 }
 
-QemuOpts *vnc_parse_func(const char *str)
+QemuOpts *vnc_parse(const char *str, Error **errp)
 {
     QemuOptsList *olist = qemu_find_opts("vnc");
-    QemuOpts *opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, str, 1);
+    QemuOpts *opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, str, true, errp);
     const char *id;
 
     if (!opts) {
diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index 840f5f7..e2f789f 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ void qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
 }
 
 static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
-                            int permit_abbrev, bool defaults, Error **errp)
+                            bool permit_abbrev, bool defaults, Error **errp)
 {
     const char *firstname;
     char value[1024], *id = NULL;
@@ -867,19 +867,32 @@ static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
  * Create a QemuOpts in @list and with options parsed from @params.
  * If @permit_abbrev, the first key=value in @params may omit key=,
  * and is treated as if key was @list->implied_opt_name.
- * Report errors with qerror_report_err().
+ * On error, store an error object through @errp if non-null.
  * Return the new QemuOpts on success, null pointer on error.
  */
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
-                          int permit_abbrev)
+                          bool permit_abbrev, Error **errp)
+{
+    return opts_parse(list, params, permit_abbrev, false, errp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a QemuOpts in @list and with options parsed from @params.
+ * If @permit_abbrev, the first key=value in @params may omit key=,
+ * and is treated as if key was @list->implied_opt_name.
+ * Report errors with error_report_err().  This is inappropriate in
+ * QMP context.  Do not use this function there!
+ * Return the new QemuOpts on success, null pointer on error.
+ */
+QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse_noisily(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
+                                  bool permit_abbrev)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts;
 
     opts = opts_parse(list, params, permit_abbrev, false, &err);
-    if (!opts) {
-        qerror_report_err(err);
-        error_free(err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_report_err(err);
     }
     return opts;
 }
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f0dcb6b..f4985a3 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1955,6 +1955,7 @@ static void select_vgahw (const char *p)
 
 static DisplayType select_display(const char *p)
 {
+    Error *err = NULL;
     const char *opts;
     DisplayType display = DT_DEFAULT;
 
@@ -2023,7 +2024,8 @@ static DisplayType select_display(const char *p)
     } else if (strstart(p, "vnc", &opts)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VNC
         if (*opts == '=') {
-            if (vnc_parse_func(opts+1) == NULL) {
+            if (vnc_parse(opts + 1, &err) == NULL) {
+                error_report_err(err);
                 exit(1);
             }
         } else {
@@ -2097,7 +2099,8 @@ static int balloon_parse(const char *arg)
     if (!strncmp(arg, "virtio", 6)) {
         if (arg[6] == ',') {
             /* have params -> parse them */
-            opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("device"), arg+7, 0);
+            opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("device"), arg + 7,
+                                           false);
             if (!opts)
                 return  -1;
         } else {
@@ -2945,7 +2948,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             switch(popt->index) {
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_irqchip: {
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                qemu_opts_parse(olist, "kernel_irqchip=off", 0);
+                qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "kernel_irqchip=off", false);
                 break;
             }
             case QEMU_OPTION_cpu:
@@ -3062,7 +3065,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_numa:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("numa"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("numa"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3113,7 +3117,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 drive_add(IF_DEFAULT, 2, optarg, CDROM_OPTS);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_boot:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("boot-opts"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("boot-opts"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3138,7 +3143,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBISCSI
             case QEMU_OPTION_iscsi:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("iscsi"), optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("iscsi"),
+                                               optarg, false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3174,8 +3180,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 exit(0);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_m:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("memory"),
-                                       optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("memory"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
@@ -3287,14 +3293,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 default_monitor = 0;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_mon:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("mon"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("mon"), optarg,
+                                               true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 default_monitor = 0;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_chardev:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("chardev"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("chardev"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3305,7 +3313,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     fprintf(stderr, "fsdev is not supported by this qemu build.\n");
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3320,7 +3328,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     fprintf(stderr, "virtfs is not supported by this qemu build.\n");
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3480,40 +3488,43 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 break;
             }
             case QEMU_OPTION_acpitable:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("acpi"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("acpi"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 do_acpitable_option(opts);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_smbios:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("smbios"), optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("smbios"),
+                                               optarg, false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 do_smbios_option(opts);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_fwcfg:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("fw_cfg"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("fw_cfg"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (opts == NULL) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_enable_kvm:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                qemu_opts_parse(olist, "accel=kvm", 0);
+                qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "accel=kvm", false);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_M:
             case QEMU_OPTION_machine:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
              case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                qemu_opts_parse(olist, "accel=tcg", 0);
+                qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "accel=tcg", false);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_pit: {
                 fprintf(stderr, "Warning: KVM PIT can no longer be disabled "
@@ -3537,26 +3548,32 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             }
             case QEMU_OPTION_usb:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                qemu_opts_parse(olist, "usb=on", 0);
+                qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "usb=on", false);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_usbdevice:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                qemu_opts_parse(olist, "usb=on", 0);
+                qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "usb=on", false);
                 add_device_config(DEV_USB, optarg);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_device:
-                if (!qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("device"), optarg, 1)) {
+                if (!qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("device"),
+                                             optarg, true)) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_smp:
-                if (!qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("smp-opts"), optarg, 1)) {
+                if (!qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("smp-opts"),
+                                             optarg, true)) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_vnc:
+            {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VNC
-                if (vnc_parse_func(optarg) == NULL) {
+                Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+                if (vnc_parse(optarg, &local_err) == NULL) {
+                    error_report_err(local_err);
                     exit(1);
                 }
 #else
@@ -3564,6 +3581,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 exit(1);
 #endif
                 break;
+            }
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_acpi:
                 acpi_enabled = 0;
                 break;
@@ -3598,7 +3616,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     fprintf(stderr, "Too many option ROMs\n");
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("option-rom"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("option-rom"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3617,8 +3636,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_semihosting_config:
                 semihosting_enabled = 1;
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("semihosting-config"),
-                                           optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("semihosting-config"),
+                                               optarg, false);
                 if (opts != NULL) {
                     semihosting_enabled = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "enable",
                                                             true);
@@ -3650,7 +3669,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                                 "is no longer supported.\n");
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_name:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("name"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("name"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3675,7 +3695,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 configure_rtc_date_offset(optarg, 1);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_rtc:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("rtc"), optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("rtc"), optarg,
+                                               false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3688,8 +3709,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_icount:
-                icount_opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("icount"),
-                                              optarg, 1);
+                icount_opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("icount"),
+                                                      optarg, true);
                 if (!icount_opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3726,7 +3747,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_trace:
             {
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("trace"), optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("trace"),
+                                               optarg, false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3750,7 +3772,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     fprintf(stderr, "spice is not supported by this qemu build.\n");
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, optarg, false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3781,14 +3803,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 qtest_log = optarg;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_sandbox:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("sandbox"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("sandbox"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_add_fd:
 #ifndef _WIN32
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("add-fd"), optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("add-fd"),
+                                               optarg, false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -3799,20 +3823,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 #endif
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_object:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("object"), optarg, 1);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("object"),
+                                               optarg, true);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_realtime:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("realtime"), optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("realtime"),
+                                               optarg, false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 enable_mlock = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mlock", true);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_msg:
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("msg"), optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("msg"), optarg,
+                                               false);
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
@@ -4067,7 +4094,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 #elif defined(CONFIG_SDL) || defined(CONFIG_COCOA)
         display_type = DT_SDL;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_VNC)
-        vnc_parse_func("localhost:0,to=99,id=default");
+        vnc_parse("localhost:0,to=99,id=default", &error_abort);
         show_vnc_port = 1;
 #else
         display_type = DT_NONE;
