diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 05e4c74075e8b5f068247b3fc1a40fdcb240a1a9..6b8110310f025f5ab529bee55003355d4965c6bd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -9050,7 +9050,6 @@ qemuDomainSetSchedulerParametersFlags(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (virDomainSetSchedulerParametersFlagsEnsureACL(dom->conn, vm->def, flags) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     if (!cfg->privileged) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                        _("CPU tuning is not available in session mode"));