diff --git a/hw/loongarch/virt.c b/hw/loongarch/virt.c
index 4674bd9163..63477de5e4 100644
--- a/hw/loongarch/virt.c
+++ b/hw/loongarch/virt.c
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ static void virt_cpu_irq_init(LoongArchVirtMachineState *lvms)
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms);
     const CPUArchIdList *possible_cpus;
     CPUState *cs;
-    Error *err = NULL;
 
     /* cpu nodes */
     possible_cpus = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(ms);
@@ -337,8 +336,10 @@ static void virt_cpu_irq_init(LoongArchVirtMachineState *lvms)
             continue;
         }
 
-        hotplug_handler_plug(HOTPLUG_HANDLER(lvms->ipi), DEVICE(cs), &err);
-        hotplug_handler_plug(HOTPLUG_HANDLER(lvms->extioi), DEVICE(cs), &err);
+        hotplug_handler_plug(HOTPLUG_HANDLER(lvms->ipi), DEVICE(cs),
+                             &error_abort);
+        hotplug_handler_plug(HOTPLUG_HANDLER(lvms->extioi), DEVICE(cs),
+                             &error_abort);
     }
 }