diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
index d513870181..87d84ee68e 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
@@ -765,7 +765,6 @@ static void scsi_generic_realize(SCSIDevice *s, Error **errp)
 
     /* Only used by scsi-block, but initialize it nevertheless to be clean.  */
     s->default_scsi_version = -1;
-    s->io_timeout = DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT;
     scsi_generic_read_device_inquiry(s);
 }