diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
index 805dd18b76..a1dbd1e52f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ static int virtio_rng_device_init(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 
     vrng->vdev.get_features = get_features;
 
-    vrng->qdev = qdev;
-
     assert(vrng->conf.max_bytes <= INT64_MAX);
     vrng->quota_remaining = vrng->conf.max_bytes;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.h
index 973d8095d3..4347818b51 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ struct VirtIORNGConf {
 typedef struct VirtIORNG {
     VirtIODevice vdev;
 
-    DeviceState *qdev;
-
     /* Only one vq - guest puts buffer(s) on it when it needs entropy */
     VirtQueue *vq;