diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index 339727f0f4..c66f949db8 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ BlockStatsList *qmp_query_blockstats(bool has_query_nodes,
         }
     } else {
         for (blk = blk_all_next(NULL); blk; blk = blk_all_next(blk)) {
-            BlockStatsList *info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
+            BlockStatsList *info;
             AioContext *ctx = blk_get_aio_context(blk);
             BlockStats *s;
             char *qdev;
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ BlockStatsList *qmp_query_blockstats(bool has_query_nodes,
             bdrv_query_blk_stats(s->stats, blk);
             aio_context_release(ctx);
 
+            info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
             info->value = s;
             *p_next = info;
             p_next = &info->next;