diff --git a/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c b/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c
index 200e9a588e..f48b04e2df 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c
+++ b/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-reader.c
@@ -5500,26 +5500,20 @@ make_bond_port_setting(shvarFile *ifcfg)
     NMSetting *   s_port        = NULL;
     gs_free char *value_to_free = NULL;
     const char *  value;
-    guint32       queue_id = 0;
+    guint         queue_id;
 
     g_return_val_if_fail(ifcfg != NULL, FALSE);
 
-    value = svGetValueStr(ifcfg, "BOND_PORT_QUEUE_ID", &value_to_free);
+    value = svGetValue(ifcfg, "BOND_PORT_QUEUE_ID", &value_to_free);
     if (value) {
         s_port = nm_setting_bond_port_new();
         queue_id =
             _nm_utils_ascii_str_to_uint64(value, 10, 0, G_MAXUINT16, NM_BOND_PORT_QUEUE_ID_DEF);
         if (errno != 0) {
-            PARSE_WARNING("Invalid bond port queue_id value '%s': error %d", value, errno);
-            nm_clear_g_free(&value_to_free);
+            PARSE_WARNING("Invalid bond port queue_id value '%s'", value);
             return s_port;
-        } else {
-            nm_clear_g_free(&value_to_free);
-            nm_g_object_set_property_uint(G_OBJECT(s_port),
-                                          NM_SETTING_BOND_PORT_QUEUE_ID,
-                                          queue_id,
-                                          NULL);
         }
+        g_object_set(G_OBJECT(s_port), NM_SETTING_BOND_PORT_QUEUE_ID, queue_id, NULL);
     }
 
     return s_port;