diff --git a/hw/pci.c b/hw/pci.c
index cd7ce8d9c86a96685950be31b455a5023abeb95c..7787005bdb61aa12b151b7a43cdc479f6d399c1c 100644
--- a/hw/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci.c
@@ -1446,8 +1446,6 @@ PCIDevice *pci_nic_init(NICInfo *nd, const char *default_model,
 
     pci_dev = pci_create(bus, devfn, pci_nic_names[i]);
     dev = &pci_dev->qdev;
-    if (nd->name)
-        dev->id = qemu_strdup(nd->name);
     qdev_set_nic_properties(dev, nd);
     if (qdev_init(dev) < 0)
         return NULL;