diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index 990e71fd40..72da5bf500 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static void virtio_gpu_resource_create_blob(VirtIOGPU *g,
     ret = virtio_gpu_create_mapping_iov(g, cblob.nr_entries, sizeof(cblob),
                                         cmd, &res->addrs, &res->iov,
                                         &res->iov_cnt);
-    if (ret != 0 || res->iov) {
+    if (ret != 0) {
         cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC;
         g_free(res);
         return;