diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 01f1e0490ff4d850ac0fbd64d8c7a4a258905874..3a52a4d037b0f36945e001594415b6f0e120ebfc 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -1111,9 +1111,7 @@ int vhost_dev_start(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
 
     return 0;
 fail_log:
-    if (hdev->log_size) {
-        vhost_log_put(hdev, false);
-    }
+    vhost_log_put(hdev, false);
 fail_vq:
     while (--i >= 0) {
         vhost_virtqueue_stop(hdev,