diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
index 605697d8bd..031ba7c387 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
@@ -464,10 +464,9 @@ static bool spapr_drc_needed(void *opaque)
 {
     sPAPRDRConnector *drc = (sPAPRDRConnector *)opaque;
     sPAPRDRConnectorClass *drck = SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_GET_CLASS(drc);
-    sPAPRDREntitySense value = drck->dr_entity_sense(drc);
 
     /* If no dev is plugged in there is no need to migrate the DRC state */
-    if (value != SPAPR_DR_ENTITY_SENSE_PRESENT) {
+    if (!drc->dev) {
         return false;
     }