diff --git a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
index f67b29bbf3..a076b1e54d 100644
--- a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ static int vhost_user_blk_start(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 
     s->dev.acked_features = vdev->guest_features;
 
-    ret = vhost_dev_prepare_inflight(&s->dev);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        error_report("Error set inflight format: %d", -ret);
-        goto err_guest_notifiers;
-    }
-
     if (!s->inflight->addr) {
         ret = vhost_dev_get_inflight(&s->dev, s->queue_size, s->inflight);
         if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index f2482378c6..79b2be20df 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -1645,24 +1645,6 @@ int vhost_dev_load_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight, QEMUFile *f)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int vhost_dev_prepare_inflight(struct vhost_dev *hdev)
-{
-    int r;
- 
-    if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_inflight_fd == NULL ||
-        hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_inflight_fd == NULL) {
-        return 0;
-    }
- 
-    r = vhost_dev_set_features(hdev, hdev->log_enabled);
-    if (r < 0) {
-        VHOST_OPS_DEBUG("vhost_dev_prepare_inflight failed");
-        return r;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 int vhost_dev_set_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                            struct vhost_inflight *inflight)
 {
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
index 839bfb153c..94585067f7 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ void vhost_dev_reset_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
 void vhost_dev_free_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
 void vhost_dev_save_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight, QEMUFile *f);
 int vhost_dev_load_inflight(struct vhost_inflight *inflight, QEMUFile *f);
-int vhost_dev_prepare_inflight(struct vhost_dev *hdev);
 int vhost_dev_set_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                            struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
 int vhost_dev_get_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_size,