diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 083e4ff823..5f35cf8644 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4606,9 +4606,6 @@ qemuDomainAddCgroupForThread(virCgroupPtr cgroup,
     /* Add pid/thread to the cgroup */
     rv = virCgroupAddTask(new_cgroup, pid);
     if (rv < 0) {
-        virReportSystemError(-rv,
-                             _("unable to add id %d task %d to cgroup"),
-                             idx, pid);
         virCgroupRemove(new_cgroup);
         goto error;
     }