diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index 0c8ad1d60b..e04e1fa4f8 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -165,10 +165,9 @@ static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
     },
 };
 
-static void nvme_init_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, NVMeQueue *q,
+static void nvme_init_queue(BDRVNVMeState *s, NVMeQueue *q,
                             int nentries, int entry_bytes, Error **errp)
 {
-    BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
     size_t bytes;
     int r;
 
@@ -251,14 +250,14 @@ static NVMeQueuePair *nvme_create_queue_pair(BlockDriverState *bs,
         req->prp_list_iova = prp_list_iova + i * s->page_size;
     }
 
-    nvme_init_queue(bs, &q->sq, size, NVME_SQ_ENTRY_BYTES, &local_err);
+    nvme_init_queue(s, &q->sq, size, NVME_SQ_ENTRY_BYTES, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto fail;
     }
     q->sq.doorbell = &s->regs->doorbells[idx * 2 * s->doorbell_scale];
 
-    nvme_init_queue(bs, &q->cq, size, NVME_CQ_ENTRY_BYTES, &local_err);
+    nvme_init_queue(s, &q->cq, size, NVME_CQ_ENTRY_BYTES, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto fail;