diff --git a/backends/cryptodev-vhost-user.c b/backends/cryptodev-vhost-user.c
index d52daccfcd..d539f14d59 100644
--- a/backends/cryptodev-vhost-user.c
+++ b/backends/cryptodev-vhost-user.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ static void cryptodev_vhost_user_event(void *opaque, int event)
 {
     CryptoDevBackendVhostUser *s = opaque;
     CryptoDevBackend *b = CRYPTODEV_BACKEND(s);
-    Error *err = NULL;
     int queues = b->conf.peers.queues;
 
     assert(queues < MAX_CRYPTO_QUEUE_NUM);
@@ -174,10 +173,6 @@ static void cryptodev_vhost_user_event(void *opaque, int event)
         cryptodev_vhost_user_stop(queues, s);
         break;
     }
-
-    if (err) {
-        error_report_err(err);
-    }
 }
 
 static void cryptodev_vhost_user_init(