diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor.h b/include/qapi/visitor.h
index 2b85c6f..b3ca93c 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor.h
@@ -239,17 +239,26 @@ void visit_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
                         size_t size, Error **errp);

 /*
- * Complete an object visit started earlier.
+ * Prepare for completing an object visit.
  *
  * @errp must be NULL-initialized, and is set if an error is detected
  * (such as unparsed keys remaining in the input stream).
  *
+ * Should be called prior to visit_end_struct() if all other
+ * intermediate visit steps were successful, to allow the visitor one
+ * last chance to report errors.
+ */
+void visit_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
+
+/*
+ * Complete an object visit started earlier.
+ *
  * Must be called after any successful use of visit_start_struct(),
  * even if intermediate processing was skipped due to errors, to allow
  * the backend to release any resources.  Destroying the visitor may
  * behave as if this was implicitly called.
  */
-void visit_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
+void visit_end_struct(Visitor *v);


 /* === Visiting lists */
diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
index 90bcaec..d44fcd1 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ struct Visitor
     void (*start_struct)(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
                          size_t size, Error **errp);

+    /* Optional; intended for input visitors.  */
+    void (*check_struct)(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
+
     /* Must be set to visit structs.  */
-    void (*end_struct)(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
+    void (*end_struct)(Visitor *v);

     /* Must be set.  */
     void (*start_list)(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp);
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-event.py b/scripts/qapi-event.py
index 808ed80..2604c3d 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-event.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-event.py
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ def gen_event_send(name, arg_type):
         ret += gen_visit_members(arg_type.members, need_cast=True,
                                  label='out_obj')
         ret += mcgen('''
+    visit_check_struct(v, &err);
 out_obj:
-    visit_end_struct(v, err ? NULL : &err);
+    visit_end_struct(v);
     if (err) {
         goto out;
     }
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-visit.py b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
index aa244cd..db756a0 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
@@ -188,9 +188,10 @@ void visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_name)s **obj, Error
             break;
         }
         visit_type_%(c_type)s_members(v, &(*obj)->u.%(c_name)s, &err);
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-        err = NULL;
-        visit_end_struct(v, &err);
+        if (!err) {
+            visit_check_struct(v, &err);
+        }
+        visit_end_struct(v);
 ''',
                          c_type=var.type.c_name(),
                          c_name=c_name(var.name))
@@ -240,10 +241,12 @@ void visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name, %(c_name)s **obj, Error
         goto out_obj;
     }
     visit_type_%(c_name)s_members(v, *obj, &err);
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
-    err = NULL;
+    if (err) {
+        goto out_obj;
+    }
+    visit_check_struct(v, &err);
 out_obj:
-    visit_end_struct(v, &err);
+    visit_end_struct(v);
 out:
     error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
diff --git a/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c b/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c
index 116c627..c00a9e1 100644
--- a/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c
+++ b/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c
@@ -29,9 +29,16 @@ void visit_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
     v->start_struct(v, name, obj, size, errp);
 }

-void visit_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
+void visit_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
 {
-    v->end_struct(v, errp);
+    if (v->check_struct) {
+        v->check_struct(v, errp);
+    }
+}
+
+void visit_end_struct(Visitor *v)
+{
+    v->end_struct(v);
 }

 void visit_start_list(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
index b1bf193..77fe01a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ static void prop_get_fdt(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
         case FDT_END_NODE:
             /* shouldn't ever see an FDT_END_NODE before FDT_BEGIN_NODE */
             g_assert(fdt_depth > 0);
-            visit_end_struct(v, &err);
+            visit_check_struct(v, &err);
+            visit_end_struct(v);
             if (err) {
                 error_propagate(errp, err);
                 return;
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
index e9c30e9..95cd95c 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
@@ -136,17 +136,18 @@ static void balloon_stats_get_all(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     for (i = 0; i < VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_NR; i++) {
         visit_type_uint64(v, balloon_stat_names[i], &s->stats[i], &err);
         if (err) {
-            break;
+            goto out_nested;
         }
     }
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
-    err = NULL;
-    visit_end_struct(v, &err);
+    visit_check_struct(v, &err);
+out_nested:
+    visit_end_struct(v);

+    if (!err) {
+        visit_check_struct(v, &err);
+    }
 out_end:
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
-    err = NULL;
-    visit_end_struct(v, &err);
+    visit_end_struct(v);
 out:
     error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
diff --git a/qapi/opts-visitor.c b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
index fd90608..f2fcfc3 100644
--- a/qapi/opts-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ opts_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,


 static void
-opts_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
+opts_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
 {
     OptsVisitor *ov = to_ov(v);
     GHashTableIter iter;
     GQueue *any;

-    if (--ov->depth > 0) {
+    if (ov->depth > 0) {
         return;
     }

@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ opts_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
         first = g_queue_peek_head(any);
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, first->name);
     }
+}
+
+
+static void
+opts_end_struct(Visitor *v)
+{
+    OptsVisitor *ov = to_ov(v);
+
+    if (--ov->depth > 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     g_hash_table_destroy(ov->unprocessed_opts);
     ov->unprocessed_opts = NULL;
     if (ov->fake_id_opt) {
@@ -510,6 +522,7 @@ opts_visitor_new(const QemuOpts *opts)
     ov->visitor.type = VISITOR_INPUT;

     ov->visitor.start_struct = &opts_start_struct;
+    ov->visitor.check_struct = &opts_check_struct;
     ov->visitor.end_struct   = &opts_end_struct;

     ov->visitor.start_list = &opts_start_list;
diff --git a/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c b/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c
index 413d525..9005bad 100644
--- a/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void qapi_dealloc_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
     qapi_dealloc_push(qov, obj);
 }

-static void qapi_dealloc_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
+static void qapi_dealloc_end_struct(Visitor *v)
 {
     QapiDeallocVisitor *qov = to_qov(v);
     void **obj = qapi_dealloc_pop(qov);
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
index faa40e7..6b69e9a 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ static void qmp_input_push(QmpInputVisitor *qiv, QObject *obj,
 }


-static void qmp_input_pop(QmpInputVisitor *qiv, Error **errp)
+static void qmp_input_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
 {
+    QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
+
     assert(qiv->nb_stack > 0);

     if (qiv->strict) {
@@ -137,6 +139,19 @@ static void qmp_input_pop(QmpInputVisitor *qiv, Error **errp)
             if (g_hash_table_iter_next(&iter, (void **)&key, NULL)) {
                 error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_EXTRA_MEMBER, key);
             }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void qmp_input_pop(Visitor *v)
+{
+    QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
+
+    assert(qiv->nb_stack > 0);
+
+    if (qiv->strict) {
+        GHashTable * const top_ht = qiv->stack[qiv->nb_stack - 1].h;
+        if (top_ht) {
             g_hash_table_unref(top_ht);
         }
     }
@@ -171,12 +186,6 @@ static void qmp_input_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
     }
 }

-static void qmp_input_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
-{
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
-
-    qmp_input_pop(qiv, errp);
-}

 static void qmp_input_start_list(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -216,12 +225,6 @@ static GenericList *qmp_input_next_list(Visitor *v, GenericList **list,
     return entry;
 }

-static void qmp_input_end_list(Visitor *v)
-{
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
-
-    qmp_input_pop(qiv, &error_abort);
-}

 static void qmp_input_start_alternate(Visitor *v, const char *name,
                                       GenericAlternate **obj, size_t size,
@@ -381,10 +384,11 @@ QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj)

     v->visitor.type = VISITOR_INPUT;
     v->visitor.start_struct = qmp_input_start_struct;
-    v->visitor.end_struct = qmp_input_end_struct;
+    v->visitor.check_struct = qmp_input_check_struct;
+    v->visitor.end_struct = qmp_input_pop;
     v->visitor.start_list = qmp_input_start_list;
     v->visitor.next_list = qmp_input_next_list;
-    v->visitor.end_list = qmp_input_end_list;
+    v->visitor.end_list = qmp_input_pop;
     v->visitor.start_alternate = qmp_input_start_alternate;
     v->visitor.type_int64 = qmp_input_type_int64;
     v->visitor.type_uint64 = qmp_input_type_uint64;
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c b/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c
index 7c48dfb..ecb2005 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void qmp_output_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
     qmp_output_push(qov, dict);
 }

-static void qmp_output_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
+static void qmp_output_end_struct(Visitor *v)
 {
     QmpOutputVisitor *qov = to_qov(v);
     QObject *value = qmp_output_pop(qov);
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 844ae7a..858089c 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -2035,10 +2035,9 @@ static void property_get_tm(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     if (err) {
         goto out_end;
     }
+    visit_check_struct(v, &err);
 out_end:
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
-    err = NULL;
-    visit_end_struct(v, errp);
+    visit_end_struct(v);
 out:
     error_propagate(errp, err);

diff --git a/qom/object_interfaces.c b/qom/object_interfaces.c
index c2f6e29..f075b3a 100644
--- a/qom/object_interfaces.c
+++ b/qom/object_interfaces.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Object *user_creatable_add(const QDict *qdict,
     char *type = NULL;
     char *id = NULL;
     Object *obj = NULL;
-    Error *local_err = NULL, *end_err = NULL;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
     QDict *pdict;

     pdict = qdict_clone_shallow(qdict);
@@ -68,16 +68,14 @@ Object *user_creatable_add(const QDict *qdict,
         goto out_visit;
     }

- out_visit:
-    visit_end_struct(v, &end_err);
-    if (end_err) {
-        error_propagate(&local_err, end_err);
-        if (obj) {
-            user_creatable_del(id, NULL);
-        }
-        goto out;
+    visit_check_struct(v, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        user_creatable_del(id, NULL);
     }

+out_visit:
+    visit_end_struct(v);
+
 out:
     QDECREF(pdict);
     g_free(id);
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
index 46fa1b9..a62c2b1 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ static void test_visitor_in_null(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "{ 'a': null }");
     visit_start_struct(v, NULL, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     visit_type_null(v, "a", &error_abort);
-    visit_end_struct(v, &error_abort);
+    visit_check_struct(v, &error_abort);
+    visit_end_struct(v);
 }

 static void test_visitor_in_union_flat(TestInputVisitorData *data,
diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
index 1c8f113..41d856c 100644
--- a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -898,10 +898,12 @@ Example:
             goto out_obj;
         }
         visit_type_UserDefOne_members(v, *obj, &err);
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-        err = NULL;
+        if (err) {
+            goto out_obj;
+        }
+        visit_check_struct(v, &err);
     out_obj:
-        visit_end_struct(v, &err);
+        visit_end_struct(v);
     out:
         error_propagate(errp, err);
     }
