diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 23abbc52fe0d6fcc467346c7bea80270e5504424..6e90805019df9ab91b9e6d12f6ad4f4a750f011e 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -147,17 +147,10 @@ void bdrv_disable_copy_on_read(BlockDriverState *bs)
 bool bdrv_requests_pending(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     BdrvChild *child;
-    BlockBackendPublic *blkp = bs->blk ? blk_get_public(bs->blk) : NULL;
 
     if (!QLIST_EMPTY(&bs->tracked_requests)) {
         return true;
     }
-    if (blkp && !qemu_co_queue_empty(&blkp->throttled_reqs[0])) {
-        return true;
-    }
-    if (blkp && !qemu_co_queue_empty(&blkp->throttled_reqs[1])) {
-        return true;
-    }
 
     QLIST_FOREACH(child, &bs->children, next) {
         if (bdrv_requests_pending(child->bs)) {