diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index f29e4c4dc3..cebe8d9452 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static const QEMUOption qemu_options[] = {
 #define ARCHHEADING(text, arch_mask)
 
 #include "qemu-options.def"
-    { NULL },
+    { /* end of list */ }
 };
 
 typedef struct VGAInterfaceInfo {