diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
index 3416ea1827..cec1072f78 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static void virtio_pmem_flush(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
     trace_virtio_pmem_flush_request();
     req_data = virtqueue_pop(vq, sizeof(VirtIODeviceRequest));
     if (!req_data) {
-        virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-pmem missing request data");
         return;
     }