2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index a7f432b37e..b722dbec9a 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -565,13 +565,18 @@ void object_add(const char *type, const char *id, const QDict *qdict,
         }
     }
 
-    user_creatable_complete(obj, &local_err);
+    object_property_add_child(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
+                              id, obj, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto out;
     }
 
-    object_property_add_child(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
-                              id, obj, &local_err);
+    user_creatable_complete(obj, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        object_property_del(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
+                            id, &error_abort);
+        goto out;
+    }
 out:
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index be69c7f346..9ce65fc3dd 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2935,14 +2935,15 @@ static int object_create(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
         goto out;
     }
 
+    object_property_add_child(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
+                              id, obj, &local_err);
+
     user_creatable_complete(obj, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
+        object_property_del(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
+                            id, &error_abort);
         goto out;
     }
-
-    object_property_add_child(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
-                              id, obj, &local_err);
-
 out:
     object_unref(obj);
     if (local_err) {