diff --git a/hw/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio-pci.c
index 0b1cea9456..5c976296e3 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-pci.c
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ static void virtio_write_config(PCIDevice *pci_dev, uint32_t address,
     }
 
     pci_default_write_config(pci_dev, address, val, len);
-    if(proxy->vdev->nvectors)
-        msix_write_config(pci_dev, address, val, len);
+    msix_write_config(pci_dev, address, val, len);
 }
 
 static const VirtIOBindings virtio_pci_bindings = {