diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index c43c8f6d46..04545fd6e2 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -7919,7 +7919,6 @@ virDomainGetIOThreadsInfo(virDomainPtr dom,
     virResetLastError();
 
     virCheckDomainReturn(dom, -1);
-    virCheckReadOnlyGoto(dom->conn->flags, error);
     virCheckNonNullArgGoto(info, error);
     *info = NULL;