diff --git a/libfprint/fp-print.c b/libfprint/fp-print.c
index a4e8350..522e942 100644
--- a/libfprint/fp-print.c
+++ b/libfprint/fp-print.c
@@ -875,8 +875,7 @@ fp_print_deserialize (const guchar *data,
   return g_steal_pointer (&result);
 
 invalid_format:
-  *error = g_error_new_literal (G_IO_ERROR,
-                                G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA,
-                                "Data could not be parsed");
+  g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA,
+               "Data could not be parsed");
   return NULL;
 }