diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index 5dd77e73cbb4b1962fcd19d20e01300713616eff..04b0071336b38d05a2683e21f50257a018d00a5f 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -557,9 +557,12 @@ VncInfo2List *qmp_query_vnc_servers(Error **errp)
         qmp_query_auth(vd->auth, vd->subauth, &info->auth,
                        &info->vencrypt, &info->has_vencrypt);
         if (vd->dcl.con) {
-            dev = DEVICE(object_property_get_link(OBJECT(vd->dcl.con),
-                                                  "device", &error_abort));
-            info->display = g_strdup(dev->id);
+            Object *obj = object_property_get_link(OBJECT(vd->dcl.con),
+			                           "device", NULL);
+            if (obj) {
+                dev = DEVICE(obj);
+                info->display = g_strdup(dev->id);
+            }
         }
         for (i = 0; vd->listener != NULL && i < vd->listener->nsioc; i++) {
             info->server = qmp_query_server_entry(