diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
index e85a9797542f84937d02a019281dd720143aa513..473c04410e9ebfcc67e1eddebf51c76e955fabd5 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
@@ -113,20 +113,22 @@ static void virtio_rng_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
 
 static int virtio_rng_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 {
+    VirtIORNG *vrng = opaque;
+    int ret;
+
     if (version_id != 1) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
-    return virtio_load(VIRTIO_DEVICE(opaque), f, version_id);
-}
+    ret = virtio_load(VIRTIO_DEVICE(vrng), f, version_id);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
 
-static int virtio_rng_load_device(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f,
-                                  int version_id)
-{
     /* We may have an element ready but couldn't process it due to a quota
      * limit.  Make sure to try again after live migration when the quota may
      * have been reset.
      */
-    virtio_rng_process(VIRTIO_RNG(vdev));
+    virtio_rng_process(vrng);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -231,7 +233,6 @@ static void virtio_rng_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     vdc->realize = virtio_rng_device_realize;
     vdc->unrealize = virtio_rng_device_unrealize;
     vdc->get_features = get_features;
-    vdc->load = virtio_rng_load_device;
 }
 
 static void virtio_rng_initfn(Object *obj)