diff --git a/hw/virtio.c b/hw/virtio.c
index 74cc038af9..064aecf553 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio.c
@@ -845,8 +845,7 @@ int virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f)
 void virtio_cleanup(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 {
     qemu_del_vm_change_state_handler(vdev->vmstate);
-    if (vdev->config)
-        g_free(vdev->config);
+    g_free(vdev->config);
     g_free(vdev->vq);
     g_free(vdev);
 }