diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
index 5381d59282..c3b3299c9c 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ 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;
     }