diff --git a/hw/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/virtio-scsi.c
index 96e36885f9..06a58a6a63 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -704,8 +704,6 @@ static int virtio_scsi_device_init(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 
     s->cmd_vqs = g_malloc0(s->conf.num_queues * sizeof(VirtQueue *));
 
-    s->qdev = qdev;
-
     /* TODO set up vdev function pointers */
     vdev->get_config = virtio_scsi_get_config;
     vdev->set_config = virtio_scsi_set_config;
diff --git a/hw/virtio-scsi.h b/hw/virtio-scsi.h
index fe2c7d6337..31e97bbe38 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-scsi.h
+++ b/hw/virtio-scsi.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ struct VirtIOSCSIConf {
 
 typedef struct VirtIOSCSI {
     VirtIODevice parent_obj;
-    DeviceState *qdev;
     VirtIOSCSIConf conf;
 
     SCSIBus bus;