1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
index e0acce89e1..a1829e3abd 100644
--- a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
@@ -1562,15 +1562,6 @@ static bool virtio_blk_vq_aio_context_init(VirtIOBlock *s, Error **errp)
             error_setg(errp, "ioeventfd is required for iothread");
             return false;
         }
-
-        /*
-         * If ioeventfd is (re-)enabled while the guest is running there could
-         * be block jobs that can conflict.
-         */
-        if (blk_op_is_blocked(conf->conf.blk, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_DATAPLANE, errp)) {
-            error_prepend(errp, "cannot start virtio-blk ioeventfd: ");
-            return false;
-        }
     }
 
     s->vq_aio_context = g_new(AioContext *, conf->num_queues);