diff --git a/block/parallels.c b/block/parallels.c
index cce7336cac..2b6c6e5709 100644
--- a/block/parallels.c
+++ b/block/parallels.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static QEnumLookup prealloc_mode_lookup = {
     .array = (const char *const[]) {
         "falloc",
         "truncate",
-        NULL,
     },
     .size = PRL_PREALLOC_MODE__MAX
 };
diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 39a67270fc..62dc52ed6e 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -1860,14 +1860,12 @@ const QEnumLookup %(c_name)s_lookup = {
 ''',
                      index=index, value=value)
 
-    max_index = c_enum_const(name, '_MAX', prefix)
     ret += mcgen('''
-        [%(max_index)s] = NULL,
     },
     .size = %(max_index)s
 };
 ''',
-                 max_index=max_index)
+                 max_index=c_enum_const(name, '_MAX', prefix))
     return ret
 
 
diff --git a/tests/check-qom-proplist.c b/tests/check-qom-proplist.c
index 07e351f950..92898e1520 100644
--- a/tests/check-qom-proplist.c
+++ b/tests/check-qom-proplist.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ const QEnumLookup dummy_animal_map = {
         [DUMMY_FROG] = "frog",
         [DUMMY_ALLIGATOR] = "alligator",
         [DUMMY_PLATYPUS] = "platypus",
-        [DUMMY_LAST] = NULL,
     },
     .size = DUMMY_LAST
 };