diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 257b429381..139c843514 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -1087,15 +1087,7 @@ static void ide_flush_cache(IDEState *s)
     s->status |= BUSY_STAT;
     ide_set_retry(s);
     block_acct_start(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &s->acct, 0, BLOCK_ACCT_FLUSH);
-
-    if (blk_bs(s->blk)) {
-        s->pio_aiocb = blk_aio_flush(s->blk, ide_flush_cb, s);
-    } else {
-        /* XXX blk_aio_flush() crashes when blk_bs(blk) is NULL, remove this
-         * temporary workaround when blk_aio_*() functions handle NULL blk_bs.
-         */
-        ide_flush_cb(s, 0);
-    }
+    s->pio_aiocb = blk_aio_flush(s->blk, ide_flush_cb, s);
 }
 
 static void ide_cfata_metadata_inquiry(IDEState *s)