diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index 1c1ee230b3..ccbe31d759 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -684,10 +684,6 @@ static void virtio_gpu_do_set_scanout(VirtIOGPU *g,
 
         /* realloc the surface ptr */
         scanout->ds = qemu_create_displaysurface_pixman(rect);
-        if (!scanout->ds) {
-            *error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC;
-            return;
-        }
 #ifdef WIN32
         qemu_displaysurface_win32_set_handle(scanout->ds, res->handle, fb->offset);
 #endif
@@ -1423,9 +1419,6 @@ static int virtio_gpu_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
             return -EINVAL;
         }
         scanout->ds = qemu_create_displaysurface_pixman(res->image);
-        if (!scanout->ds) {
-            return -EINVAL;
-        }
 #ifdef WIN32
         qemu_displaysurface_win32_set_handle(scanout->ds, res->handle, 0);
 #endif