diff --git a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
index f9098733..b5ec45c5 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ sub phase2 {
 
     # Note: We try to keep $spice_ticket secret (do not pass via command line parameter)
     # instead we pipe it through STDIN
-    PVE::Tools::run_command($cmd, input => $spice_ticket, outfunc => sub {
+    my $exitcode = PVE::Tools::run_command($cmd, input => $spice_ticket, outfunc => sub {
 	my $line = shift;
 
 	if ($line =~ m/^migration listens on tcp:(localhost|[\d\.]+|\[[\d\.:a-fA-F]+\]):(\d+)$/) {
@@ -629,7 +629,9 @@ sub phase2 {
     }, errfunc => sub {
 	my $line = shift;
 	$self->log('info', $line);
-    });
+    }, noerr => 1);
+
+    die "remote command failed with exit code $exitcode\n" if $exitcode;
 
     die "unable to detect remote migration address\n" if !$raddr;
 
diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index c8e2b667..45fee3ca 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -5405,7 +5405,11 @@ sub vm_start {
 	                                          : $defaults->{cpuunits};
 
 	my $start_timeout = ($conf->{hugepages} || $is_suspended) ? 300 : 30;
-	my %run_params = (timeout => $statefile ? undef : $start_timeout, umask => 0077);
+	my %run_params = (
+	    timeout => $statefile ? undef : $start_timeout,
+	    umask => 0077,
+	    noerr => 1,
+	);
 
 	my %properties = (
 	    Slice => 'qemu.slice',
@@ -5421,7 +5425,9 @@ sub vm_start {
 	my $run_qemu = sub {
 	    PVE::Tools::run_fork sub {
 		PVE::Systemd::enter_systemd_scope($vmid, "Proxmox VE VM $vmid", %properties);
-		run_command($cmd, %run_params);
+
+		my $exitcode = run_command($cmd, %run_params);
+		die "QEMU exited with code $exitcode\n" if $exitcode;
 	    };
 	};