diff --git a/hw/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio-balloon.c
index 086d9d1ecd..6d120247fe 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-balloon.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-balloon.c
@@ -261,10 +261,6 @@ static void virtio_balloon_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
 
     qemu_put_be32(f, s->num_pages);
     qemu_put_be32(f, s->actual);
-    qemu_put_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_vq_elem, sizeof(VirtQueueElement));
-    qemu_put_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_vq_offset, sizeof(size_t));
-    qemu_put_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_callback, sizeof(MonitorCompletion));
-    qemu_put_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_opaque_callback_data, sizeof(void));
 }
 
 static int virtio_balloon_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
@@ -278,11 +274,6 @@ static int virtio_balloon_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 
     s->num_pages = qemu_get_be32(f);
     s->actual = qemu_get_be32(f);
-    qemu_get_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_vq_elem, sizeof(VirtQueueElement));
-    qemu_get_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_vq_offset, sizeof(size_t));
-    qemu_get_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_callback, sizeof(MonitorCompletion));
-    qemu_get_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)&s->stats_opaque_callback_data, sizeof(void));
-
     return 0;
 }