diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
index 2846872d5728c7756fc0849d1dc7eec7bfec1e3a..5fc9d283a954a414fbb7bdc9e34e6d64f583cafa 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ static int vp_request_msix_vectors(struct virtio_device *vdev, int nvectors,
 	}
 	return 0;
 error:
-	vp_free_vectors(vdev);
 	return err;
 }