diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index c6fab56f9b..a52c2aed0e 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -1268,7 +1268,6 @@ static void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->fenceq);
 
     g->enabled_output_bitmask = 1;
-    g->qdev = qdev;
 
     for (i = 0; i < g->conf.max_outputs; i++) {
         g->scanout[i].con =
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index c8c599f1b9..c7cb821ae3 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ typedef struct VirtIOGPU {
     int enable;
 
     int config_size;
-    DeviceState *qdev;
 
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_simple_resource) reslist;
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) cmdq;