diff --git a/hw/tcx.c b/hw/tcx.c
index 428649e665..93994d6440 100644
--- a/hw/tcx.c
+++ b/hw/tcx.c
@@ -582,26 +582,49 @@ static void tcx_screen_dump(void *opaque, const char *filename, bool cswitch,
     TCXState *s = opaque;
     FILE *f;
     uint8_t *d, *d1, v;
-    int y, x;
+    int ret, y, x;
 
     f = fopen(filename, "wb");
-    if (!f)
+    if (!f) {
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to open file '%s': %s", filename,
+                   strerror(errno));
         return;
-    fprintf(f, "P6\n%d %d\n%d\n", s->width, s->height, 255);
+    }
+    ret = fprintf(f, "P6\n%d %d\n%d\n", s->width, s->height, 255);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto write_err;
+    }
     d1 = s->vram;
     for(y = 0; y < s->height; y++) {
         d = d1;
         for(x = 0; x < s->width; x++) {
             v = *d;
-            fputc(s->r[v], f);
-            fputc(s->g[v], f);
-            fputc(s->b[v], f);
+            ret = fputc(s->r[v], f);
+            if (ret == EOF) {
+                goto write_err;
+            }
+            ret = fputc(s->g[v], f);
+            if (ret == EOF) {
+                goto write_err;
+            }
+            ret = fputc(s->b[v], f);
+            if (ret == EOF) {
+                goto write_err;
+            }
             d++;
         }
         d1 += MAXX;
     }
+
+out:
     fclose(f);
     return;
+
+write_err:
+    error_setg(errp, "failed to write to file '%s': %s", filename,
+               strerror(errno));
+    unlink(filename);
+    goto out;
 }
 
 static void tcx24_screen_dump(void *opaque, const char *filename, bool cswitch,