diff --git a/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c b/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
index d227b468d8..c8fa4ecba9 100644
--- a/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
+++ b/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
@@ -439,8 +439,7 @@ static void vhost_user_blk_server_start(VuBlockDev *vu_block_device,
     ctx = bdrv_get_aio_context(blk_bs(vu_block_device->backend));
 
     if (!vhost_user_server_start(&vu_block_device->vu_server, addr, ctx,
-                                 VHOST_USER_BLK_MAX_QUEUES,
-                                 NULL, &vu_block_iface,
+                                 VHOST_USER_BLK_MAX_QUEUES, &vu_block_iface,
                                  errp)) {
         goto error;
     }
diff --git a/util/vhost-user-server.c b/util/vhost-user-server.c
index 6efe2279fd..73a1667b54 100644
--- a/util/vhost-user-server.c
+++ b/util/vhost-user-server.c
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ static void panic_cb(VuDev *vu_dev, const char *buf)
         close_client(server);
     }
 
-    if (server->device_panic_notifier) {
-        server->device_panic_notifier(server);
-    }
-
     /*
      * Set the callback function for network listener so another
      * vhost-user client can connect to this server
@@ -385,7 +381,6 @@ bool vhost_user_server_start(VuServer *server,
                              SocketAddress *socket_addr,
                              AioContext *ctx,
                              uint16_t max_queues,
-                             DevicePanicNotifierFn *device_panic_notifier,
                              const VuDevIface *vu_iface,
                              Error **errp)
 {
@@ -402,7 +397,6 @@ bool vhost_user_server_start(VuServer *server,
         .vu_iface              = vu_iface,
         .max_queues            = max_queues,
         .ctx                   = ctx,
-        .device_panic_notifier = device_panic_notifier,
     };
 
     qio_net_listener_set_name(server->listener, "vhost-user-backend-listener");
diff --git a/util/vhost-user-server.h b/util/vhost-user-server.h
index 5232f96718..92177fc911 100644
--- a/util/vhost-user-server.h
+++ b/util/vhost-user-server.h
@@ -29,12 +29,10 @@ typedef struct VuFdWatch {
 } VuFdWatch;
 
 typedef struct VuServer VuServer;
-typedef void DevicePanicNotifierFn(VuServer *server);
 
 struct VuServer {
     QIONetListener *listener;
     AioContext *ctx;
-    DevicePanicNotifierFn *device_panic_notifier;
     int max_queues;
     const VuDevIface *vu_iface;
     VuDev vu_dev;
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ bool vhost_user_server_start(VuServer *server,
                              SocketAddress *unix_socket,
                              AioContext *ctx,
                              uint16_t max_queues,
-                             DevicePanicNotifierFn *device_panic_notifier,
                              const VuDevIface *vu_iface,
                              Error **errp);